As Close To Us as Breathing: Historical Fiction That Paints a Family Photograph That Feels Like an Old Family Tale

Elizabeth Poliner’s As Close To Us As Breathing begins with the line “The Summer of 1948 my brother Davey was killed in an accident with a man who would have given his own life rather than have it happen.” The pages that follow, we are introduced to three Jewish sisters — Ada, Beck, and ViviContinue reading “As Close To Us as Breathing: Historical Fiction That Paints a Family Photograph That Feels Like an Old Family Tale”