Join Helen Fremont, author of The Escape Artist, in conversation with Attorney Aaron Futterman at the Smithtown Library in Smithtown, NY. Helen will tell her family’s story of surviving the Holocaust, emigrating to America, and hiding their identity as Jews from colleagues, and friends, and their own children.

Helen was omitted from her father’s will, listed as deceased, leaving her with the decision of whether or not to contest the will. Attorney Aaron Futterman will discuss the legal issues surrounding wills, estate litigation and when it is appropriate to pursue legal action. Helen Fremont will appear via Zoom and Aaron Futterman will be in person. Registration required.

Tuesday, October 17, 2023
6:30 – 8:00 pm

(Registration is open to Smithtown Library cardholders only until October 10, when it opens to all.
Register online at https://www.smithlib.org/event/escape-artist
or call the library at 631-360-2480.

Smithtown Building
1 Country Road
Smithtown, NY 11787
(631) 360-2480
www.smithlib.org

Join Helen in conversation with Kathleen Watt, author of the memoir Rearranged

Thursdsay, October 19, 2023, 7:00 pm

Gloucester Writers Center
126 East Main St.
Gloucester MA 01930

Join us for a Zoom conversation with Helen Fremont and Helen Epstein about Epstein’s new books, Getting Through It and Franci’s War.

Monday, May 9, 2022
7:00 p.m.

Click here to register.

Join Helen Fremont in conversation with Yelena Lembersky and Sophia Shalmiyev in a discussion of their memoirs,
Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour and Mother Winter.

Wednesday, April 6, 2022
7:30 p.m. EDT
Registration is required – click here for more information.

Join us all day Sunday, January 30, 2022 for a celebration of the anniversary of Facebook Group “Jews Love to Read!” Converse with authors, win free books and other items. You must be a member of the group to participate, but all are welcome to join. Click here for more information.

The Escape Artist is selected by Off The Shelf as one of “10 Page-Turning True Stories You Must Read To Believe”

Read the article here.

Arlington Author Salon: “Life, Art, and Family in History’s Shadow”
Featuring authors Helen Fremont, Yelena Lembersky, and Weina Dai Randel

Thursday, January 13, 2022
7:30 pm EDT

Register here for Zoom link.

“Unearthing Family Histories”
Join Helen and Author Judy Bolton-Fasman in conversation in a Zoom even sponsored by the Vilna Shul of Boston.

Wednesday, October 13, 2021
7:00pm EST

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Helen will be in conversation with author Lisa Gruenberg and journalist Ned Temko in a Zoom interview sponsored by Chaucer’s Books, Santa Barbara.

Zoom link to be provided.

Join Helen in conversation with Nan Cuba, author of Body and Bread for the Big Texas Read with Gemini Ink

7:00 p.m. Central

For link, click here.

The Escape Artist has been chosen as one of the “10 Page-Turning True Stories You Must Read to Believe” by Off the Shelf

Helen Fremont and Tracy Winn host a reading of New England Poets and Writers in celebration of the 45th Anniversary of the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers.

7:30 pm – 8:30 p.m.

Click here for Zoom link.

BookPage has selected The Escape Artist as a Best Book of 2020:

“When Fremont’s father died and her mother and sister legally excised her from the family, it opened up a lifetime’s worth of secrets, betrayal, trauma and lies. As far as family memoirs go, The Escape Artist is as twisted, insightful and beautifully rendered as they come.”

Thank you to the Museum of Jewish Heritage for my book talk with Helen Epstein about THE ESCAPE ARTIST.
Watch the video here.

Check out Helen’s interview on the Boston Book Festival’s Audio on Demand:
Memoirs: Secrets, Lies and the Mysteries of Our Youth

Helen’s interview appears first, followed by Betsy Bonner, and finally Nick Flynn.