A review by sarahjsnider
A Replacement Life by Boris Fishman

3.0

There was a lot of potential in here, and I appreciate that the author didn't go for a traditional Holocaust story (i.e., cash grab). I can't shed too many tears for someone who hasn't made it as a magazine writer by age 25, like the protagonist, so the stakes were a bit lower than intended. And the choice between Arianna and Vera was very I-see-what-you-did-there. The worlds of Brooklyn immigrants and Manhattan magazine writers are both deftly portrayed, so it's worthwhile for that.