01740cam a2200325 i 4500 345945448 TxAuBib 20180516120000.0 171201s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017038360 9780374158378 27.00 0374158371 27.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Fontaine, Tessa. The electric woman [BOOK] : a memoir in death-defying acts / Tessa Fontaine. New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018. x, 366 pages : illustration ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Tessa Fontaine's astonishing memoir of pushing past fear, The Electric Woman, follows the author on a life-affirming journey of loss and self-discovery-through her time on the road with the last traveling American sideshow and her relationship with an adventurous, spirited mother. Turns out, one lesson applies to living through illness, keeping the show on the road, letting go of the person you love most, and eating fire: The trick is there is no trick. You eat fire by eating fire. Two journeys-a daughter's and a mother's-bear witness to this lesson in The Electric Woman. Provided by publisher. 20180516. Fontaine, Tessa. World of Wonders (Sideshow.) Women circus performers United States Biography. Sideshows United States. Mothers and daughters United States Biography. Circus performers United States Biography. Biographies.