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Flying Couch : A Graphic Memoir (2016, Trade Paperback)

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Illustrator: Kurzweil, Amy. Binding: Paperback. ISBN: 9781936787289. 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.

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PublisherCATAPULT

ISBN-101936787288

ISBN-139781936787289

eBay Product ID (ePID)219453224

Product Key Features

GenreBiography & Autobiography, Historical, Comics & Graphic Novels

Publication Year2016

LanguageEnglish

Artist/WriterKurzweil, Amy

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8in

Item Length10in

Item Width8in

Item Weight30.1 Oz

Additional Product Features

Number of Pages224 Pages

Professional GraderTenth Grade

Era Range16

ReviewsPraise for Flying Couch A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A Kirkus Reviews Best of 2016 Selection A Junior Library Guild Fall 2016 Selection "A debut that enriches and extends the potential of graphic narrative." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) " Flying Couch is a wry and deeply moving exploration of what the Holocaust means to the descendants of survivors. Kurzweil artfully weaves her grandmother's survivor testimony within her own coming of age story." --LitReactor "Beautiful and strong." --Miriam Katin, author of Letting It Go "Flying Couch is perfect. It's perceptive, emotionally on point, surprising and funny in its details, told in an intuitive way that's completely direct, and about something that matters. This is an important book." --Liana Finck, author of The Bintel Brief "Flying Couch is a moving, intricate story of identity and family history." --Ariel Schrag, author of Likewise and Awkward and Definition "I read Flying Couch in one sitting, without moving, literally laughed and literally cried." --Rachel Fershleiser, co-editor of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning "Amy Kurzweil's moving debut is a story of trauma and survival, and a search for identity and belonging. Fluctuating, in words and images, from the bubbly to the intense, this graphic memoir exposes the complicated and powerful ways we are shaped by the histories and relationships that anchor us." --Tahneer Oksman, author of How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?, "I read Flying Couch in one sitting, without moving, literally laughed and literally cried." --Rachel Fershleiser, Director of Publisher Outreach at Tumblr and founder of the Reblog Book Club " Flying Couch is perfect. It's perceptive, emotionally on point, surprising and funny in its details, told in an intuitive way that's completely direct, and about something that matters. This is an important book." --Liana Finck, author of The Bintel Brief " Flying Couch is a moving, intricate story of identity and family history." --Ariel Schrag, author of Adam and The High School Chronicles of Ariel Schrag "Beautiful and strong." --Miriam Katin, author of Letting it Go and We Are On Our Own, Praise for Flying Couch A Junior Library Guild Fall 2016 Selection "Beautiful and strong." --Miriam Katin, author of Letting It Go " Flying Couch is perfect. It's perceptive, emotionally on point, surprising and funny in its details, told in an intuitive way that's completely direct, and about something that matters. This is an important book." --Liana Finck, author of The Bintel Brief " Flying Couch is a moving, intricate story of identity and family history." --Ariel Schrag, author of Likewise and Awkward and Definition "I read Flying Couch in one sitting, without moving, literally laughed and literally cried." --Rachel Fershleiser, co-editor of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning "Amy Kurzweil's moving debut is a story of trauma and survival, and a search for identity and belonging. Fluctuating, in words and images, from the bubbly to the intense, this graphic memoir exposes the complicated and powerful ways we are shaped by the histories and relationships that anchor us." --Tahneer Oksman, author of How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?, Praise for Flying Couch "Beautiful and strong." --Miriam Katin, author of Letting Go " Flying Couch is perfect. It's perceptive, emotionally on point, surprising and funny in its details, told in an intuitive way that's completely direct, and about something that matters. This is an important book." --Liana Finck, author of The Bintel Brief " Flying Couch is a moving, intricate story of identity and family history." --Ariel Schrag, author of Likewise and Awkward and Definition "I read Flying Couch in one sitting, without moving, literally laughed and literally cried." --Rachel Fershleiser, co-editor of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning "Amy Kurzweil's moving debut is a story of trauma and survival, and a search for identity and belonging. Fluctuating, in words and images, from the bubbly to the intense, this graphic memoir exposes the complicated and powerful ways we are shaped by the histories and relationships that anchor us." --Tahneer Oksman, author of How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?, "I read Flying Couch in one sitting, without moving, literally laughed and literally cried." --Rachel Fershleiser, Director of Publisher Outreach at Tumblr and founder of the Reblog Book Club " Flying Couch is a moving, intricate story of identity and family history." --Ariel Schrag, author of Adam and Awkward and Definition "Beautiful and strong." --Miriam Katin, author of Letting it Go and We Are On Our Own, Praise for Flying Couch A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice A Kirkus Reviews Best of 2016 Selection A Junior Library Guild Fall 2016 Selection "A debut that enriches and extends the potential of graphic narrative." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) " Flying Couch is a wry and deeply moving exploration of what the Holocaust means to the descendants of survivors. Kurzweil artfully weaves her grandmother's survivor testimony within her own coming of age story." --LitReactor "Beautiful and strong." --Miriam Katin, author of Letting It Go " Flying Couch is perfect. It's perceptive, emotionally on point, surprising and funny in its details, told in an intuitive way that's completely direct, and about something that matters. This is an important book." --Liana Finck, author of The Bintel Brief " Flying Couch is a moving, intricate story of identity and family history." --Ariel Schrag, author of Likewise and Awkward and Definition "I read Flying Couch in one sitting, without moving, literally laughed and literally cried." --Rachel Fershleiser, co-editor of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning "Amy Kurzweil's moving debut is a story of trauma and survival, and a search for identity and belonging. Fluctuating, in words and images, from the bubbly to the intense, this graphic memoir exposes the complicated and powerful ways we are shaped by the histories and relationships that anchor us." --Tahneer Oksman, author of How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?, Praise for Flying Couch A Junior Library Guild Fall 2016 Selection "A debut that enriches and extends the potential of graphic narrative." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) " Flying Couch is a wry and deeply moving exploration of what the Holocaust means to the descendants of survivors. Kurzweil artfully weaves her grandmother's survivor testimony within her own coming of age story." --LitReactor "Beautiful and strong." --Miriam Katin, author of Letting It Go "Flying Couch is perfect. It's perceptive, emotionally on point, surprising and funny in its details, told in an intuitive way that's completely direct, and about something that matters. This is an important book." --Liana Finck, author of The Bintel Brief "Flying Couch is a moving, intricate story of identity and family history." --Ariel Schrag, author of Likewise and Awkward and Definition "I read Flying Couch in one sitting, without moving, literally laughed and literally cried." --Rachel Fershleiser, co-editor of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning "Amy Kurzweil's moving debut is a story of trauma and survival, and a search for identity and belonging. Fluctuating, in words and images, from the bubbly to the intense, this graphic memoir exposes the complicated and powerful ways we are shaped by the histories and relationships that anchor us." --Tahneer Oksman, author of How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?, " Flying Couch is a moving, intricate story of identity and family history." --Ariel Schrag, author of Adam and The High School Chronicles of Ariel Schrag "Beautiful and strong." --Miriam Katin, author of Letting it Go and We Are On Our Own, Praise for Flying Couch A Junior Library Guild Fall 2016 Selection "A debut that enriches and extends the potential of graphic narrative." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Beautiful and strong." --Miriam Katin, author of Letting It Go " Flying Couch is perfect. It's perceptive, emotionally on point, surprising and funny in its details, told in an intuitive way that's completely direct, and about something that matters. This is an important book." --Liana Finck, author of The Bintel Brief " Flying Couch is a moving, intricate story of identity and family history." --Ariel Schrag, author of Likewise and Awkward and Definition "I read Flying Couch in one sitting, without moving, literally laughed and literally cried." --Rachel Fershleiser, co-editor of the New York Times bestseller Not Quite What I Was Planning "Amy Kurzweil's moving debut is a story of trauma and survival, and a search for identity and belonging. Fluctuating, in words and images, from the bubbly to the intense, this graphic memoir exposes the complicated and powerful ways we are shaped by the histories and relationships that anchor us." --Tahneer Oksman, author of How Come Boys Get to Keep Their Noses?

Book TitleFlying Couch : a Graphic Memoir

Lccn2015-955987

Target AudienceTrade

IllustratedYes

TopicContemporary Women, Holocaust, Personal Memoirs, Nonfiction / Biography & Memoir, Jewish