LitFriends Featured Book: Escape Route by Elan Barnehama

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Escape Route

by Elan Barnehama

LitFriends Featured Book : Escape Route by Elan Barnehama

Escape Route is set in New York City during the tumultuous 1960s, and told by Zach, the son of Holocaust survivors who becomes obsessed with the Vietnam War and finding an escape route for his family for when he believes the US will round up and incarcerate its Jews. Zach meets Samm and together they explore protest, friendship, music, faith, and love.

Praise for Escape Route

"Elan Barnehama has given us a powerful coming of age story set against the tumult of the 1960s, the War in Vietnam, and the power of memory and Jewish identity in a family of Holocaust survivors. This is a beautifully rendered novel, populated by unforgettable characters in an unforgettable time. Barnehama is a literary craftsman at the top of his game. Superb." Frye Gaillard, author of A Hard Rain: America in the 1960s, an NPR Great Read 2018

Suggested Audience

Readers who enjoy character-driven stories blending humor, angst, hope, and realism. Reader who like, The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien; In Country, Bobbie Ann Mason

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