The Sandcastle Girls
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the bestselling author of The Flight Attendant, here is a sweeping historical love story that probes the depths of love, family, and secrets amid the Armenian Genocide during WWI. When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Aleppo, Syria, she has a diploma from Mount Holyoke, a crash course in nursing, and only the most basic grasp of the Armenian language. It's 1915, and Elizabeth has volunteered to help deliver food and medical aid to refugees of the Armenian Genocide during the First World War. There she meets Armen, a young Armenian engineer who has already lost his wife and infant daughter. After leaving Aleppo and traveling into Egypt to join the British Army, he begins to write Elizabeth letters, realizing that he has fallen in love with the wealthy young American. Years later, their American granddaughter, Laura, embarks on a journey back through her family's history, uncovering a story of love, loss--and a wrenching secret that has been buried for generations.
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Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0307743918
ISBN13:9780307743916
Release Date:April 2013
Publisher:Vintage
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.57 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.7" x 7.5"
Customer Reviews
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I enjoyed this book
Published by Daisy , 5 years ago
Good book some of this author I do not enjoy but this one is one of his best. I cannot imagine the research he puts into his books
A Gripping Story of Another 20th Century Holocaust
Published by TJ , 5 years ago
This book is not for the faint of heart. It is truth and it is tragic. Because I live in a California town where many Armenians have settled, I am aware of the Turkish massacre and forced relocation of the Armenian population commencing in 1915. The author claims it was the forgotten genocide - not entirely. It was, however, eclipsed by the First World War and all the losses suffered by
so many people during that time. Although I am not Armenian, I have tremendous empathy for these people and what they endured. It was an especially sad chapter in history, a graphic illustration of inhumanity and so utterly senseless!
This book reinforces my gratitude that I was born in America.
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