The Escape Artist

by Helen Fremont

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A luminous family memoir from the author of the critically acclaimed Boston Globe bestseller, After Long Silence, lauded as “mesmerizing” (The Washington Post Book World), “extraordinary” (The Philadelphia Inquirer), and “a triumphant work of art” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

In the tradition of Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home or George Hodgman’s Bettyville, Fremont writes with wit and candor about growing up in a household held together by a powerful glue: secrets. Her parents, profoundly affected by their memories of the Holocaust, pass on, to both Helen and her older sister, a penchant for keeping their lives neatly, even obsessively...Read more
  • ISBN10 198211360X
  • ISBN13 9781982113605
  • Publish Date 11 February 2020 (first published 1 February 2020)
  • Publish Status Out of Stock
  • Out of Print 18 November 2024
  • Publish Country US
  • Publisher Simon & Schuster
  • Imprint Gallery
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 352
  • Language English