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Acclaimed Atlanta Author Makes Fiction Debut JESSICA HANDLER’S THE MAGNETIC GIRL TRANSPORTS READERS TO AN ELECTRIFYING ERA OF AMERICAN HISTORY
THIRTEEN-YEAR-OLD LULU HURST SHARES A SPECIAL CONNECTION WITH HER DISABLED YOUNGER BROTHER LEO, BUT SHE HAS BIG DREAMS OF A FUTURE FAR AWAY FROM HER RURAL NORTH GEORGIA HOME—A FUTURE WHERE SHE WILL NOT BECOME HER BROTHER’S SOLE CAREGIVER. Yearning to see the world and thankful for her ability to change her family’s dire financial situation, Lulu agrees to follow her father’s plan to capitalize on America’s newfound fascination with Spiritualism, Mesmerism, Magnetism and electricity. Claiming Lulu can pass electricity through canes and throw men out of chairs with an “electrical charge,” which she came to possess from a lightning storm over their house, Lulu and her parents take “The Magnetic Girl” on 14
Alpharetta Lifestyle | May 2019