jenny alban beck's book, visitation, is inspired by her grandmother's lake house. and it's many different owners who displaced each other. busy busy a jewish family forced to flee before the nazis murdered their relatives, an architect his wife is raped by a red army soldier in the closet. he built for her, who later runs away from the east german communists. a pair of riders returning from soviet exile. you've heard the expression, there is no place like home. but what happens when there is no way you belong? when you've arrived, can you still be said to be fleeing? and when you are fleeing, can you ever arrive in visitation? the characters, fates are all tied together by the brutality of the 20th century. whether or not they realize it. it's a quiet little place in germany's not so very quiet history me. ah, i finally and yet another sign that live entertainment is resuming bruce springsteen returned to broadway this past weekend with a reprise of his offer biographical sho springsteen on broadway. it was an emotional appearance and so will leave you with that. a