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　　In ]1976, Karen and Barr=, ]y Mason had fall(#en \on ha=]rd #times : and#] we;re looking f? or/ =a way to support their youn@+ g f a` ;mil \+_ y when t=he[-y an%:swe ;re`d an ad in the*@ Los Angeles Times.$ Larry Fly@-nt was s.^e$%e]king %distribu]to+` rs for Hustle!r Magazi:ne.^] What was !
,expected to be $$a br=:^ief;) sid/[eline l@ e//d to their becom%ing
$) * .fully immersed in@ )t\^he LGBT `_ community as[  ).+they took over a= l@-oca][]l stor^e, Circus of Bo?oks.? A decade l[at@@:er, t*h-@?ey had become th(e@ %$b !ig$.^gest -] di/+stributors of gay porn in the US@ .　　The ([film focuses on th;^@/e^$-\- double life th#ey le=d , trying %@+\to mai- ^]ntain the% ba,#lance of. being; parents at a ti!
me _:)! whe=:n L(;:G
BT$ culture\ was not#,)^ yet a;_cc^epted. Their %-^many challe nges include;:,d facin?^g ?jail time f+?or a fed@er]al o%$bscenity prosecution and enabli\ng th.%eir s?
tore to be a place of refug;!e. at th$e he  ight of the AIDS crisis.　　Circ^^[us o].f Bo^+oks offers a r ar;-e g
_ lim#]pse into an u _)*ntol($[d chap=te;):%r o`:f q@ueer hi?!s)tory, and+, i^#!t:  is \ )told through the lens/e of the$ owners !?]!*9?(
 own daughter, Rachel Mason, an   arti;==st, film\//maker =*]`and musician.