Flying Couch

Flying Couch tells the intertwined stories of Amy Kurzweil, her mother, and her grandmother Bubbe, who escaped the Warsaw Ghetto at age thirteen by disguising herself as a gentile.

The narrative explores themes of family, trauma transmission across generations, Jewish identity, guilt, and complex mother-daughter relationships, connected by the symbolic couch.

Recognized as a top graphic novel of 2016 by The New York Times, it balances humor with profound historical and personal insights.