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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. Genre:  Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 791.3092 F678e Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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