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The Electric Woman: A Memoir in Death-Defying Acts | 
Discussion Question Number Three.
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pickI enjoyed this memoir that blends the story of the author‘s season in a traveling sideshow act with her mother‘s life after a serious stroke. The way the two parts were woven together worked well, but I did enjoy the stories about the sideshow more. It‘s not something I ever really felt the need to learn, but it was interesting. I also enjoyed the bits of history she included (see the comments for my favorite).
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I started this month‘s @litsybookclub pick on my way to work this morning and continued listening on my evening walk. I didn‘t quite know what to expect from the blurb, but so far I‘m intrigued by the stories of joining the sideshow.
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My library haul. The electric woman is this month‘s @litsybookclub selection. And I can‘t wait to watch the movie as I loved the book!!
New month, new book! We hope that you will join us in reading “The Electric Woman” this month. We Zoom every month for our meeting. Questions,please reach out to @Bookworm83 or @Graciouswarriorprincess . Happy reading!
1. Teleport. If Sookie Stackhouse taught me anything, it‘s that you don‘t really want to know what people are thinking. Plus, think of all the places you could see!
2. The Electric Woman was a unique memoir experience.
3. I make my resolutions in the early Spring. It‘s a more energy-producing time for me.
4. The Vikings on Amazon Prime
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The author runs away to join a sideshow after graduate school. It‘s dream fulfillment, and an escape from the reality of her dramatically ill mother. Fontaine is a skilled writer who weaves a strong story. She doesn‘t linger in the depressing moments, and isn‘t afraid to make herself look a little odd. Read it if you like memoirs about relationships, with a lot of quirky thrown in.
Full review www.TheBibliophage.com
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“Walking is, in its most basic form, the act of falling and catching yourself.”
I like it when an author can make think about a completely normal action in an entirely different way.
Fontaine has a unique voice and story. Glad I‘m finally giving her book a go!! #netgalleycatchup #whydoigetsobehind
MEM✈️PIE Florida bound for the holiday. Happy Turkey Day Vacation.
pickFontaine's story of joining a circus sideshow after her mother suffers a series of devastating strokes is both captivating and heartbreaking. The reader gets introduced to a crazy cast and really gets an inside look into how circus people live. Because some of the portions were written separately for literary journals, there were sections that felt repetitive. Second, the book did feel a little on the long side. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #Netgalley
pickI've read a lot of books I've given 4 stars to, but I'm stingy with 5 stars. I have to basically get a book hangover in order to give something 5 stars. This book definitely qualifies. Tessa Fontaine weaves together the story of her season traveling with a carnival side show and her mother's series of massive strokes. I know, it sounds odd, but give it a try. I don't think you'll be disappointed. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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How can you pass up a memoir from someone who up and joined a circus? Another author who will be attending the Decatur Book Festival next weekend #DBF2018
https://wellreadneck.wordpress.com/2018/08/27/the-electric-woman-a-memoir-in-dea...
Not only was this a great book, but the author looks like this. I know that that doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt either.
An apt quote about personal reinvention:
New worlds call for new yous.
This guy is talking about his pet boa constrictor. How creepy is this?
Real talk: I love it when people are late to meet me for dinner. Because that means I get to sit at the bar with cocktail and my book. Books are great. Lemon drop martinis are also great. When you combine them...*chef‘s kiss*
This one caught my eye. Any thoughts?
pickThis book was gorgeous. You go in thinking you‘re going to read a quirky memoir about a woman doing a sideshow for a season for just the kitsch or novelty factor. Instead, you get a beautiful story about mothers and daughters and how they love and hurt each other, finding friends in unlikely places, and finding good when you look for it. I could not love this book any more. Also met the author, and she‘s a sweetheart. So there‘s that.
This is my belated Mother‘s Day #bookhaul 📚 My amazing husband got me a very generous gift card to the bookstore! I even surprised myself and didn‘t spend it all! There was a sale and I had a coupon!! Yay for good deals!! And I have a sizeable amount to spend another time!! 📚😊♥️
My next read. And the author will be at our MFA residency, so I can get it signed. Also, isn‘t it lovely when you like an author AND they‘re a lovely person?
pickNot really a memoir person, but this was delightful. It felt a bit exploitative of the folks who work the show, but I suppose any person who joins a show for a season and writes about it would feel that way.
pickI received a copy of this from #netgalley. Two years after her mother experiences a devastating stroke and still severely disabled, her parents decide to take a trip to Italy. The author decides to spend a season with a traveling sideshow to take her mind off her grief and worry. The work is grueling and she has to be fearless to learn the acts. Fascinating look behind the scenes and at the lives of the people who work the shows. Stellar writing.
pickTessa Fontaine has a very good writing style and really makes the two story lines of her mom‘s illness and her summer with the traveling side-show come alive. I don‘t quite agree with how she laid out the timeline of the book - there are a few places where it seems she jumps back and forth unnecessarily in time - but it is really interesting.
#TBRtemptation post 3! Just released. This memoir is for anyone who imagined running away to the circus, wanted to be someone else, wanted a loved one to live forever. Tessa Fontaine lived in constant emergency as her mother suffered through a series of strokes--which only fueled her mother's dream to visit Italy. Tessa joined the World of Wonders, becoming escape artist, snake charmer, Electra, & more. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
My book order came in. So excited I don‘t know what to read first.
The library has this on audio. Im in an audio rut. I was excited when I saw they had this one though, so fingers crossed.
pickWhat a delightful, surprising book. This memoir follows the author alternatively through a stint in a carnival sideshow and through her mother‘s life after suffering from a massive stroke. She ties the two narratives together by reflecting upon her mother‘s adventureous personality and her desire to celebrate and be inspired by her. Lovely and unexpected. #netgalley
OMG! WHAAAAAT?!
So psyched to get this auto approval notice. Of course, I immediately dumped half of their upcoming catalog into my shelf!!! So much for slowing down with my #netgalley requests??!??!
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