Tuesday
July 16, 2013
7:00 pm
In this sweeping historical love story the little known Armenian
genocide of 1915-16 is the focus. Elizabeth Endicott, a recent Mount Holyoke
graduate, accompanies her Bostonian banker father on his philanthropic mission
to Aleppo, Syria, to aid Armenian refugees fleeing atrocities committed by the
Ottoman government. Her friendship with Armenian engineer Armen, who has lost
his wife and baby daughter, flourishes when they are apart and can only
communicate in letters. Years later, Laura Petrosian, seeking out a photograph
of a woman rumored to be her Armenian grandmother, uncovers these letters among
a wealth of documents—a treasure trove for an Armenian American novelist
searching for pieces of her family history.
Meetings are the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm
Please pre-register by calling 419-586-4442 or
emailing Connie Gray at grayco@oplin.org
