Becoming FLO...A Mostly True Story

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>It's Baltimore 1920. </strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>You're 16. You have four adoring sisters and four disapproving brothers. You are the son of devout Orthodox Jewish immigrant parents who escaped Russian pogroms. Your murderously abusive father is repulsed by your artful interests. You're harboring a big secret. And an even bigger desire. What would you do?</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Most Orthodox Jewish boys at the turn of the 20th century did not run away from home. Did not join the circus. Did not find fame. And did not find herself. Flo did.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>From the shtetl to the Big Top Flo's true story inspires.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Despite all odds through sheer grit and the power of art Flo's escape from a father's violence a world of anti-Semitism and rampant Queer intolerance takes readers on a remarkable journey; and one that illuminates a path out for those who similarly struggle.</span></p>