Bag om The Magnetic Girl
Jessica is a hardworking author who has tirelessly promoted and toured throughout the South with her first two books. She has a high profile in the Southeast as well as the Northeast (Pittsburgh and Boston). This book won the Southern Book Prize from the Southern Independent Booksellers Association (voted on by the member booksellers). This new edition adds an interview with teh author, discussion questions, an essay on the historical background of the real Lulu Hurst.Frank Reiss of A Capella books in Atlanta writes:"In her classic memoir, Invisible Sisters, Jessica Handler plumbed her own life experience to explore universal truths about the inescapable pull of family and the equally transcendent power of individuality. In her lushly atmospheric first novel, Handler presents another exceptional woman--a virtually forgotten nineteenth century stage performer--through which to examine similar, eternal themes."
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