-= The Road from Home =- by David Kherdian

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"A story of how a young girl keeps faith through one of the worst times in the 20th century."

 

"We never talked about the massacres. It was as if we had forgotten about our past troubles, but often they would surface in different ways."

Description:

Poet anthologist David Kherdian's biography of his mother, Veron Dumehjian, and her unique and gripping story of courage, survival, and hope. Veron was born to a prosperous family that lived in the Armenian quarter of the city of Aziziya, Turkey. Her early childhood was idyllic, until 1915, when the Turkish government, after years of persecuting its Christian minorities, decided to rid Turkey of its Armenian population. Veron was deported with her family and survived incredible hardship and suffering until, at the age of 16, she left for America as a "mail-order" bride. Written from a child's perspective, this book is ideally suited for use in secondary schools.

 

 

 

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I read this.. it was the only novel on the Armenian Genocide in my high school's library. It's worth a read.