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Fontaine, Tessa.
Fontaine, Tessa.
World of Wonders (Sideshow)
Sideshows -- United States.
Circus performers -- United States -- Biography.
Women circus performers -- United States -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Biography.
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The electric woman : a memoir in death-defying acts / Tessa Fontaine.
by
Fontaine, Tessa.
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Call #:
791.3092 F678e
Subjects
Fontaine, Tessa.
World
of
Wonders
(
Sideshow
)
Sideshows -- United States.
Circus performers -- United States -- Biography.
Women circus performers -- United States -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9780374158378
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
x, 366 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Prologue: The trick is there is no trick -- The architecture of a wave -- The snake charmer -- Human history -- Open the gates -- The dragon -- Snickers T. Clown -- Cake -- Hair ingredients -- Let's us have fun -- The moon is apple pie -- The softest skin of anyone in the entire
world
-- Daughters -- Mud -- And the low sky opens -- The departure -- Emergency -- Fresh meat -- The Titanic was child's play -- Monsters -- Premium footlong corn dogs -- Where your name is writ -- Cash money -- Wildewoman -- The sword swallower -- The animal undone -- Sounds past the noises -- Behind the night's dress -- Christmas fish -- Dr. Frankenstein's hushed blood love song -- Normalaphobia -- Invisibilia -- Bloodlust -- The heroes -- Electricity -- By ship into the sea -- Twinklers -- The great reveal -- Out of the mist -- Epilogue: Where you will float electric.
Summary:
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.
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Memoirs.
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