The Egypt In My Looking Glass

About the Book

Twenty-five years after their hellish emigration - thirty from their famous father’s exodus – a sister and her brothers hear his voice again. All three have long since "made it" in the States, despite – maybe, because of – his abandonment. Forced by his own divorce to question everything, Vlad reels and frolics to forget himself - and learn to live again. Skirt-chasing author Mark, seething with writer’s block, commits himself to marry by a verbal slip. Alla’s precocious children prod her to examine who she is and why. A sleazy cousin – Tolik, hopeless Brighton product - is about to score his one big hit, again. His brother, Boris, now religious, struggles to transcend his past. A family get-together threatens to ignite their old resentments. Edouard Yablonskiy, freshly minted dissident, has one last chance to make amends. His three grown children now must choose – to exit their own Egypt and forgive or let the past demand their satisfaction.

About the Author

Yuri Kruman was born in Moscow and moved to Kentucky at nine, where he grew up. He studied neuroscience and anthropology at UPenn before receiving his law degree from Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He has worked on Wall Street and in healthcare. A Shapiro Family fellow and a COJECO Blueprint fellow, Yuri lives with his wife and daughter in Manhattan.