Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir by Kurzweil, Amy
Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir by Kurzweil, Amy

Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2016...
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Author: Amy Kurzweil
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Language: English
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Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir by Kurzweil, Amy

Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir

$42.93
Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir by Kurzweil, Amy

Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir

$42.93
Author: Amy Kurzweil
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of 2016 - A Junior Library Guild Fall 2016 Selection

Flying Couch, Amy Kurzweil's debut, tells the stories of three unforgettable women. Amy weaves her own coming-of-age as a young Jewish artist into the narrative of her mother, a psychologist, and Bubbe, her grandmother, a World War II survivor who escaped from the Warsaw Ghetto by disguising herself as a gentile. Captivated by Bubbe's story, Amy turns to her sketchbooks, teaching herself to draw as a way to cope with what she discovers. Entwining the voices and histories of these three wise, hilarious, and very different women, Amy creates a portrait not only of what it means to be part of a family, but also of how each generation bears the imprint of the past.

A retelling of the inherited Holocaust narrative now two generations removed, Flying Couch uses Bubbe's real testimony to investigate the legacy of trauma, the magic of family stories, and the meaning of home. With her playful, idiosyncratic sensibility, Amy traces the way our memories and our families shape who we become. The result is this bold illustrated memoir, both an original coming-of-age story and an important entry into the literature of the Holocaust.

Author: Amy Kurzweil
Publisher: Catapult
Published: 10/11/2016
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.85lbs
Size: 9.90h x 7.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781936787289
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 4.2
Point Value: 2
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 184759 / Flying Couch: A Graphic Memoir


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2016 pg. 141
Booklist 09/15/2016 pg. 43
Publishers Weekly 09/19/2016
School Library Journal 10/01/2016 pg. 140
Shelf Awareness 10/25/2016
Voice of Youth Advocates 12/01/2016 - Recommended - Hard To Beat

About the Author
Amy Kurzweil's comics appear in The New Yorker and other publications. Her series GutterFACE is hosted by the literary webcast drDOCTOR and her short stories have appeared in The Toast, Washington Square Review, Hobart, Shenandoah, and elsewhere. She teaches writing and comics at Parsons School of Design and at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Amy lives in Brooklyn.
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