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Ohanesian tries to tell the political story of turkey in wwi and the abysmal treatment of armenians at the time. The discussion is led by titcomb s book buyer, elizabeth merritt. Orhans inheritance is a story of passionate love, unspeakable horrors, incredible resilience, and the hidden stories that haunt a family. Aline ohanesian s greatgrandmother was a survivor of the armenian genocide. The discord between the turks and the armenians comes alive in ohanesians book that details three generations of those two groups that once occupied the same land. A book with a mission, giving a voice to historys silent victims. Orhans inheritance is itself a lament disguised as a romance, a narrative in which the reclamation of a family home, the weaves of carpets, even the scent of a handkerchief come to represent a private version of a much larger historical tragedy. The firstborn son of his generation, peter balakian grew up in a close, extended family, sheltered by 1950s and 60s new jersey suburbia. Kemal has left the family estate to a stranger thousands of miles. Aline ohanesian grew up in northridge california and currently lives in san juan capistrano with her husband and two sons.
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