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BookPage selects The Escape Artist as a Best Book of 2020

December, 2020
BookPage selects THE ESCAPE ARTIST as a Best Book of 2020!
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.”
December 8, 2020 Wellesley Authors on Stage

December 8, 2020
Wellesley College Authors on Stage will return for its 40th year with a virtual program. Helen Fremont and two other authors will present their 2020 books. Tuesday, December 8, 10:30 am EST
Wellesley College’s Authors on Stage Program will return for its 40th year with a virtual program. Helen Fremont and two other authors, Emily Nemens and Maggie Doherty, will present their 2020 books, with Lia Hunt Zylstra moderating. Signed books will be available for purchase.
Tuesday, December 8
10:30 am EST
Free, but online reservations are required. Register here.
Questions? Please email authorsonstage@gmail.com
Boston Book Festival 2020

October, 2020
Hear Helen's interview with Boston Book Festival Memoirs: Secrets, Lies and the Mysteries of Our Youth
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.
Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, Montreal – March 2, 2021

March 2, 2021
Helen speaks with Temple Emanu-El Beth Sholom in Montreal, Quebec on "Family Secrets, Jewish Identity, and the Holocaust" on Tuesday, March 2, 2021 at 12:00 noon EDT.
Join Helen for a Zoom talk at Temple Emanu-El Beth Sholom in Montreal, Quebec, on
“Family Secrets, Jewish Identity, and the Holocaust.”
The talk will be followed by a Q & A with the author.
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. EDT
March 3-6, 2021 AWP Panel “Betrayed…”

March 3-6, 2021 Kansas City Convention Center, Kansas
Helen will moderate and speak on a panel at the AWP Conference in Kansas City, Kansas on "Betrayed: Writing About Family, Friends, and Loved Ones" Time TBD
Helen will moderate and speak on a panel at the virtual AWP Conference in Kansas City, Kansas on “Betrayed: Writing About Family, Friends, and Loved Ones.” The panel includes award-winning writers and poets Lynette D’Amico, Lisa Van Orman Hadley, Annie Kim, and Lenore Myka,
March 3-6, 2021
Date and time TBD
NYT New in Paperback – THE ESCAPE ARTIST

November, 2020
New York Times recommends THE ESCAPE ARTIST - New in Paperback in November, 2020!
The New York Times recommends Helen’s new book, THE ESCAPE ARTIST:
THE ESCAPE ARTIST: A Memoir, by Helen Fremont. (Gallery, 352 pp., $16.99.) Fremont’s previous memoir, revealing that her parents were Jewish rather than Catholic, led her father, who has since died, to update his will and declare her dead. He “metaphorically killed her for it,” our reviewer, Alexandra Styron, reasoned. What’s a writer to do but write another memoir to “understand why”?
Congregation Beth Elohim Book Group, Brooklyn – March, 2021

March 2021
Helen discusses her book The Escape Artist with Congregation Beth Elohim - Brooklyn, NY March 2021 Date TBD
Helen will discuss her book The Escape Artist with Congregation Beth Elohim book group – Brooklyn, NY
March, 2021
Date and time TBD
Peninsula Public Library – March 15, 2021

March 15, 2021
Join Helen for a discussion of her new memoir at the Peninsula Public Library on Long Island, NY at 1 pm.
Join Helen for a reading and discussion of her new memoir, The Escape Artist at the Peninsula Public Library.
Peninsula Public Library
280 Central Avenue
Lawrence, NY 11559
1:00 pm EDT
Palm Beach JCC Talk March 16, 2021

March 16, 2021
Join Helen for a Zoom discussion with the Palm Beach JCC Tuesday, March 16, 2021 11:30 a.m. EDT
Join Helen for a Zoom discussion of her new book with the Palm Beach JCC.
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
11:30 a.m. EDT
Youtube S&S video

2020
Watch 3-minute video: Author Helen Fremont on being disowned and declared dead by her own family.
Watch the short YouTube video (under 3 minutes): Author Helen Fremont On Being Disowned and Declared Dead By Her Own Family.
Helen’s Essay “Pendulum” named Finalist in Solstice Literary Magazine Annual Contest

August, 2020
Helen's essay "Pendulum," was selected as a Finalist in Solstice Literary Magazine's Annual Contest.
Helen’s essay “Pendulum” was selected as a Finalist in Solstice Literary Magazine’s Annual Contest. Judged by Megan Marshall. Read the essay here.
Museum of Jewish Heritage Book Talk

Watch the video of Helen's book talk about THE ESCAPE ARTIST hosted by the Museum of Jewish Heritage...
Thank you to the Museum of Jewish Heritage for my book talk with Helen Epstein about THE ESCAPE ARTIST.
Watch the video here.
Boston Book Festival October, 2020

October, 2020
Boston Book Festival - 7 interviews on Memoir
Helen will be featured as one of the memoirists at the Boston Book Festival 2020 in October. Stay tuned for her audio interview.
The Writer’s Voice Interview

April 9, 2020
Thank you to The Writer's Voice and Francesca Rheannon for her interview about THE ESCAPE ARTIST
Thank you to The Writer’s Voice with Francesca Rheannon for her podcast and interview of me about THE ESCAPE ARTIST. Listen to it here:
Wellesley Magazine Review

Spring 2020
Review of THE ESCAPE ARTIST: "engrossing, complex... a must-read..."
Read EB Bartels’ review of THE ESCAPE ARTIST in Wellesley Magazine.
“engrossing, complex… a must-read…”