The Traveling Death and Resurrection Show

A Novel (Plus)

By Gore, Ariel

Publishers Summary:
Orphaned at age four and raised by her black-clad, rosary-mumbling, preoccupied grandmother, Frankka discovered the ability to perform the stigmata as a way to attract her grandmother's attention. Now twenty-eight, Frankka's still using this extraordinary talent, crisscrossing the country with "The Death and Resurrection Show," a Catholic-themed traveling freak show and cast of misfits who have quickly become her new family. But when a reporter from the Los Angeles Times shows up to review the show, Frankka finds herself on the front page of the newspaper -- the unwitting center of a religious debate. Now unsure of who she is and where she belongs, Frankka disappears in search of herself and a place to call home.

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ISBN
978-0-06085-428-7
Publisher
HarperOne


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Reviewed on January 15, 2006

Frances Catherine, a.k.a. Frankka, is a child when she discovers that she has a bizarre ability: she can force herself to bleed from the center of her palms whenever she is hungry. She keeps this "trick" hidden until college, when she confides in ex-boyfriend Tony. Together they stage the Death and Resurrection Show, a quirky, quasireligious traveling theatrical produc...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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