Trapped and isolated in small-town Wisconsin, Sarah wants nothing more than to blend in and lead a normal life away from her abusive brother. Weighing five hundred pounds and having no job or formal education, however, makes this almost impossible. When Sarah commits an unthinkable act, she seizes the only opportunity available to escape the consequences of her actions. She contacts the carnival man who previously offered her a job as a sideshow act. Burying her guilt, Sarah leaves home and begins performing under the ...
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Trapped and isolated in small-town Wisconsin, Sarah wants nothing more than to blend in and lead a normal life away from her abusive brother. Weighing five hundred pounds and having no job or formal education, however, makes this almost impossible. When Sarah commits an unthinkable act, she seizes the only opportunity available to escape the consequences of her actions. She contacts the carnival man who previously offered her a job as a sideshow act. Burying her guilt, Sarah leaves home and begins performing under the stage name Lola Rolls. Traveling from town to town, Lola wonders if it's possible to hide in plain sight and truly outrun her past. She builds lasting friendships along the way, and as the quality of her performances improves, she starts on a path to self-reliance and self-acceptance. Set in the late 1970s, When You See Her is an immersive page-turner that explores what it means to be both visible and invisible, simultaneously desired and reviled, while carving out a space in a too-small world.
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Itââ?¬â?¢s 1976 in small-town Wisconsin. Sarah is a 500-pound teenage girl, uneducated and isolated, living trapped in a house with an abusive brother since her beloved father died. One night she makes an unspeakable mistake. To escape, she grabs the opportunity of joining a travelling carnival as their sideshow fat lady. Even though ââ?¬Å"decent people didnââ?¬â?¢t run away with the carnivalââ?¬Â?, Sarah literally has nowhere else to turn, and she hopes that the carnival could be the thing she prays will save her.
After a lifetime of trying to be invisible and hiding away from the stares and judgment of other people, Sarah must learn to become ââ?¬Å"prancing and visible, an abundant sideshow attractionââ?¬Â? and perform for her public as Lola Rolls. As she makes true and lasting friends along the way, she grows in confidence. Can she be truly independent? Can she accept herself for who she is? Her journey of self-discovery is as realistic as it is touching.
In When You See Her, author Barbara Boehm Miller creates a rich and colorful world that is inhabited by believable individuals who display remarkable resilience in the face of their difficult lives. Miller�s dialogue is masterful, and she writes with great authority. The first-person point of view and narrative in Sarah�s voice work together to give the reader a profound understanding of Sarah and her motivations.
Sarah�s character is drawn with compelling dexterity and empathy. From the opening scene where she is standing with a skillet in her hand to losing her virginity to a man more than twice her age, to her transformation into a self-sufficient woman, Miller hardly puts a foot wrong. The audience is hooked, drawn in and held to the last page.
When You See Her is a story that is well-written, gripping and emotionally charged.
