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.

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Are you a reader or writer in Columbus, Ga?

Are you a reader or a writer in Columbus, Ga? Come by the main library on September 8th for the Chattahoochee Valley Library's book sale and author meet and greet , because I'd love to say hello!

This is a gorgeous library on Macon Road if you haven't been there! I'll be signing copies of Invisible Sisters, talking a little bit about my new book (shhh, it's not out yet) and happy to answer questions about writing and the writing life.

See you on September 8th!

(This image is not of the library, but of an historical marker commemorating a particular reader and writer from Columbus. Click it see who it is!)
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