Bertrand Court
“Brafman’s talent for drawing human emotion shines through in this episodic, deeply sensitive, and introspective novel of the human psyche.” ―Booklist
Bertrand Court is a captivating novel told in story form, intertwining seventeen luminous narratives about the secrets of a cast of politicos, filmmakers, and housewives, all tied to a suburban Washington, DC, cul-de-sac. Linked through bloodlines and grocery lines, they respond to life's bruises by grabbing power, sex, or the family silver. As they atone and forgive, they unmask the love and truth that hop white picket fences.
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Book details
- Author
- Michelle Brafman
- Imprint
- Prospect Park Books, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 264
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Fiction › Literary
Fiction › Family Life
Fiction › Jewish - Topics
- suburban life · Washington DC · Jewish fiction · family secrets · interconnected stories · marriage and relationships · community
- ISBN-13
- 9781938849800 (Paperback)9781938849794 (Hardcover)
About the author
MICHELLE BRAFMAN is a fiction writing instructor at Johns Hopkins University and the author of Washing the Dead.
Brafman’s short stories and essays have appeared in the Washington Post, Slate, Tablet, Lilith Magazine, Bethesda Magazine, Superstition Review, Potomac Review, minnesota review, Fifth Wednesday Journal and Gargoyle. She holds degrees from the University of California, San Diego and Johns Hopkins University.
When she’s not writing, Brafman contributes regularly to the Lilith Magazine blog and has led its salon discussions at theaters and arts centers throughout the Washington, DC area. Much of her work illuminates seldom told stories of the Jewish experience.
Michelle lives in Glen Echo, Maryland with her husband and two children.