Follow the Bloom Family as They Reconnect with Their Past in CHASING ECHOES from Dan Goldman
Dan Goldman and George Schall have teamed up for a new original graphic novel called Chasing Echoes. This novel follows a Jewish family looking to reconnect with their past long after World War II. They’ll visit Auschwitz, synagogues, an Elton John concert, and more in their adventure. The novel will be published by LifeDrawn, an imprint of Humanoids.
“The Blooms are, well, a mess. Orthodox cousin Ruach is struggling without a husband in Israel. Agnostic Uncle Jack grapples with finding meaning in an indifferent world. And then there’s Malka, the family’s black sheep who is broke, recently divorced, and the Bloom family’s self-appointed historian. As she discovers from an ill-timed Facebook post, all of Malka relatives are finally making a decades-in-the-planning trip to the Old Country… except for her. After finagling herself a ticket as the self-appointed “Keeper of the Family Archives,” it becomes clear that the family has drifted apart and everyone’s brought more baggage than just their suitcases. And once the Blooms are stuck together on a rickety bus as they travel through Poland, the complicated family dynamics that bubble up can no longer be ignored as they butts heads on complicated subjects like otherness, memory, faith, and the slipperiness of time.
What does it mean to never forget? What do we owe not only to past generations but to future generations? What would healing look like, if it were possible? CHASING ECHOES grapples with these tough, unanswerable questions—and does so with big-hearted empathy and humor. We follow the Bloom family as they travel from Auschwitz to synagogues to an Elton John concert and, finally, to the very place that they’ve been looking for. When confronted with their reflection in the ruins of their grandfather’s old mill, they realize that they’ve been running from themselves—and each other—for too long.”
Chasing Echoes will be available at bookstores on November 11 and at comic shops on November 12. You can check out a preview of the graphic novel below.
