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.
Monday, September 3, 2012
What I'm Reading, and Dancing To
The trailer for Lydia Netzer's Shine, Shine, Shine makes me want to dance around the house with her book.
I'll bet it does the same for you!
Neither Joshilyn Jackson, Lydia Netzer, nor I are wearing titanium clothes in this photo.
1 comment:
I can't believe I didn't see you all weekend at the festival. It was a bit crazed. Lunch, honey, lunch! xo
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