“Unlocking Secrets: How Heather Bartel’s ‘Exit the Body’ Transforms Lost Souls into Unforgettable Journeys”
Such is the case with the collection’s opening essay, “Yet the Phantom Was Part of the Flower.”
“My first fascination was Amelia Earhart—tethered ghost sister, cross-generational friend. I didn’t give a dam about aviation. I only cared that the end of her life was shaky, only cared about the chorus of words spread through every book: woman, disappeared, died. My admiration for her bloomed out of these seeds of possibility, out of a romantic notion; perhaps she had discovered how to become a ghost while she was still alive.”
