Invisible Sisters: A Memoir

Invisible Sisters is Jessica Handler’s powerful tale of coming of age as the daughter of progressive Jewish parents who moved to Atlanta to participate in the social-justice movement of the 1960s, the healthy sister living in the shadow of her siblings’ illnesses, a daughter in a family torn apart by impossible circumstances, and as a young woman struggling to redefine herself after her sisters’ deaths.

Handler’s baby sister had been born with Kostmann’s Syndrome—a congenital blood disorder so rare that it appears in one in every two million births—and she and her family grew accustomed to the constantly shifting demands of illness. But when her younger sister was diagnosed with leukemia at age six, Jessica’s world, and her family, began to unravel. By the age of nine, Jessica Handler had begun to introduce herself as the “well sibling” and to consider the very real possibility that one day, she would be the only one left.

Invisible Sisters is the award-winning memoir of the unforgettable journey that she and her family faced.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Reveal Yourself, Narrative Urge artist!






So, you may recall that last week I blogged about the "Follow Your Narrative Urge" mystery letters ? Me and my big mouth. Or keyboard. I got a letter too, and the freaky thing is, I got it at work.. (Gasp!)

Here is a picture of the overall missive.

While it's not too hard to figure out where I work, I don't have it on my website, so, you mystery person, you either know me, are a former or current student at this particular institution of higher learning, or, I dunno, met me somewhere and I was running my mouth.

I read the note and the clipping in class today. (Yes, the clipping. If you're reading this, mystery person, you can just imagine...) I did it to encourage the awesomeness of participatory art.

You continue to rock.

June 1st UPDATE. The $10 Art Mystery Now has a Wiki page. Follow the escapes and for heaven's sake, help figure out who's the participatory public art puppetmaster!
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2 comments:

Kristina Dutton said...

very strange! I got one addressed to me at my part time job as well. I was a former student at AiA and now run an online magazine www.commoncreativatlanta.com
i wonder if thats how i ended up with one.. mine is number 54.

found this thread on CL:
http://clatl.com/culturesurfing/archives/2011/04/28/10-art-mystery

June 7, 2011 at 2:42 PM
jessica handler said...

Hmmm, wonder if there's an AiA connection? I don't think so, but it's a curiosity. Commoncreative looks interesting!

June 8, 2011 at 8:02 AM

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