Fontaine Tessa The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts 9780374538408

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Автор: Fontaine Tessa
Название: The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts
ISBN: 9780374538408
Издательство: Macmillan USA/Holtzbrink(MPS)
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ISBN-10: 0374538409
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 384
Вес: 0.45 кг.
Дата издания: 07.05.2019
Язык: English
Размер: 223 x 147 x 34
Подзаголовок: A memoir in death-defying acts
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Поставляется из: США
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A New York Times Editors Choice; A Southern Living Best Book of 2018; An Amazon Editors Best Book of 2018; A Refinery29 Best Book of 2018; A New York Post Most Unforgettable Book of 2018

Fascinating. --Vogue

This is the story of a daughter and her mother. Its also a memoir, a love story, and a tale of high-flying stunts . . . An adventure toward and through fear. --Southern Living

Tessa Fontaines astonishing memoir of pushing past fear, The Electric Woman, follows the author on a life-affirming journey of loss and self-discovery--through her time on the road with the last traveling American sideshow and her relationship with an adventurous, spirited mother.

Turns out, one lesson applies to living through illness, keeping the show on the road, letting go of the person you love most, and eating fire:

The trick is there is no trick.
You eat fire by eating fire.

Two journeys--a daughters and a mothers--bear witness to this lesson in The Electric Woman.

For three years Tessa Fontaine lived in a constant state of emergency as her mother battled stroke after stroke. But hospitals, wheelchairs, and loss of language couldnt hold back such a woman; she and her husband would see Italy together, come what may. Thus Fontaine became free to follow her own piper, a literal giant inviting her to come play in the World of Wonders, Americas last traveling sideshow. How could she resist?

Transformed into an escape artist, a snake charmer, and a high-voltage Electra, Fontaine witnessed the marvels of carnival life: intense camaraderie and heartbreak, the guilty thrill of hard-earned cash exchanged for a peek into the impossible, and, most marvelous of all, the stories carnival folks tell about themselves. Through these, Fontaine trained her body to ignore fear and learned how to keep her heart open in the face of loss.

A story for anyone who has ever imagined running away with the circus, wanted to be someone else, or wanted a loved one to live forever, The Electric Woman is ultimately about death-defying acts of all kinds, especially that ever constant: good old-fashioned unconditional love.

The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts, Fontaine Tessa