My Mother's Son

Starred Review, Booklist (American Library Association)

“Hirshberg’s debut novel packs both emotional punch and a vivid portrait of Jewish American life in post-WWII Boston... Who you become, the author suggests, is an amalgam of who you know and the stories you assimilate. Readers will find connections here to Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000) and to Saul Bellow's classic The Adventures of Augie March (1953).”