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.

Monday, January 7, 2013

But wait, there's more, or, Wildacres Writing Workshop

This is the very best news. I'm delighted to be a member of the Wildacres Summer Writing Workshop Faculty !

July 7 to July 14, 2013, come to North Carolina and let's work for a week on your nonfiction projects. Don't miss out - the group is limited to ten writers!

The fiction faculty includes Ron Rash (oh, my goodness!), Luke Whisnant, and my friend Susan Woodring. There's poetry and screenwriting, too.

See you there? Hope so!
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2 comments:

Cheryl said...

I finally have your bio up on the Wildacres site. Sorry for the delay; things are moving slower than usual this year.

I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time this summer. I'm not sure yet which week I'll be there, but maybe I'll meet you on the mountain!

January 11, 2013 at 1:47 PM
jessica handler said...

Oh, please make sure we meet IRL!

January 12, 2013 at 1:37 PM

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