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Bohjalian Talk Attracts Full House at ALMA
by Armenian Weekly
August 13, 2012
WATERTOWN, Mass. - More than 250 people attended the book presentation
by author Chris Bohjalian on July 26 at the Armenian Library and
Museum of America (ALMA) in Watertown.
Author Chris Bohjalian during the Book Talk at ALMA. Photo courtesy of
Jirair Hovsepian
The talk was part of a nationwide book tour, dubbed `The Sandcastle
Girls Rock and Roll Book Tour,' which took the author across the
country, from Los Angeles and San Francisco to New England, New
Jersey, and to Capitol Hill.
Bohjalian's 15th book, The Sandcastle Girls, is considered his most
personal novel; he describes the narrator, Laura Petrosian, as a
fictional version of himself. The story takes the reader from Aleppo,
Syria in 1915 to Bronxville, N.Y. in 2012, and has its roots in the
author's Armenian heritage.
Bohjalian said he wrote a novel in the early 1990's about the Armenian
Genocide, but in the end decided not to publish the manuscript, which
he called an `apprentice' work rather than a novel.
Bohjalian, a master speaker, exhibited his talent in public
storytelling, showing photos of his family and of his trips to Syria
and Armenia, and giving away T-shirts at the end of his presentation.
More than 100 copies were sold at the book-signing session.
On July 23, Oprah Winfrey's blog declared The Sandcastle Girls the
must-read `Book of the Week.' The novel was also chosen as an Indie
Next selection for August, and Everyday eBook cited it as one of
`Eight Summer Books for Beach and Beyond.' The Sandcastle Girls also
received stellar appraisals from the Washington Post, USA Today,
Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, and People Magazine.
`The Sandcastle Girls represents - in addition to a great literary
work - a great contribution to the American and global public awareness
that will be required to end, forever, the cycle of genocide and
denial,' said Aram Hamparian, the executive director of the Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA).
by Armenian Weekly
August 13, 2012
WATERTOWN, Mass. - More than 250 people attended the book presentation
by author Chris Bohjalian on July 26 at the Armenian Library and
Museum of America (ALMA) in Watertown.
Author Chris Bohjalian during the Book Talk at ALMA. Photo courtesy of
Jirair Hovsepian
The talk was part of a nationwide book tour, dubbed `The Sandcastle
Girls Rock and Roll Book Tour,' which took the author across the
country, from Los Angeles and San Francisco to New England, New
Jersey, and to Capitol Hill.
Bohjalian's 15th book, The Sandcastle Girls, is considered his most
personal novel; he describes the narrator, Laura Petrosian, as a
fictional version of himself. The story takes the reader from Aleppo,
Syria in 1915 to Bronxville, N.Y. in 2012, and has its roots in the
author's Armenian heritage.
Bohjalian said he wrote a novel in the early 1990's about the Armenian
Genocide, but in the end decided not to publish the manuscript, which
he called an `apprentice' work rather than a novel.
Bohjalian, a master speaker, exhibited his talent in public
storytelling, showing photos of his family and of his trips to Syria
and Armenia, and giving away T-shirts at the end of his presentation.
More than 100 copies were sold at the book-signing session.
On July 23, Oprah Winfrey's blog declared The Sandcastle Girls the
must-read `Book of the Week.' The novel was also chosen as an Indie
Next selection for August, and Everyday eBook cited it as one of
`Eight Summer Books for Beach and Beyond.' The Sandcastle Girls also
received stellar appraisals from the Washington Post, USA Today,
Boston Globe, Entertainment Weekly, and People Magazine.
`The Sandcastle Girls represents - in addition to a great literary
work - a great contribution to the American and global public awareness
that will be required to end, forever, the cycle of genocide and
denial,' said Aram Hamparian, the executive director of the Armenian
National Committee of America (ANCA).