From the Bookshelf of Tyler Public Library…

[close] Kurzweil's graphic memoir is a moving tribute to the two most important women in her life: her mother and her maternal grandmother. Kurzweil’s grandmother was a blond 13 year old in 1939, and she survived the holocaust by posing as a Christian when her family was forced into the concentration camps. “Humor is mortar. It binds the bridge between the real and the unimaginable, between all we’ve lost…and what we can’t get rid of.” Kurzweil use of humor flows throughout “Flying Couch”, but also focuses on what binds family together through shared stories, tradition, and a deep familial love. Flying Couch is highly recommended for all, but especially for those who enjoy graphic memoirs like Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home”. Great YA appeal.