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HYBOOKSONLINE RELEASES 'NOWHERE, A STORY OF EXILE' AS E-BOOK
Armenian Weekly
June 19, 2012
On June 17, hybooksonline.com, a newly established publisher
specializing in the publication of electronic books (e-books),
released Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte's Nowhere, a Story of Exile,
which chronicles her lost childhood in Azerbaijan.
The cover of "Nowhere" In 1988, Astvatsaturian Turcotte was a
10-year-old girl living in the seaside city of Baku, in the Soviet
Republic of Azerbaijan. Like any other young girl, she had childhood
aspirations, crushes, and dreams.
That entire life was swept away as the majority Muslim Azeri population
drove the minority Christian Armenians out of the country using terror
and violence. Her family was forced to flee to Armenia, a neighboring
republic still reeling from the massive earthquake and unprepared
for the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing Azeri-orchestrated
pogroms. Once there, she found herself an outsider-a nation-less girl
surviving in an unheated basement and facing discrimination again,
this time by her own people.
Nowhere, a Story of Exile is a riveting, heart-wrenching story told
through a personal medium- Astvatsaturian Turcotte's diary entries
that documented the organized terror in Baku, her life as a refugee,
and her struggle to find herself, all against the backdrop of the
collapse of the Soviet Union. The author gives a voice to the horrific
tragedy little reported in the West, to the Armenian population of
Azerbaijan, and to the child victims of ethnic cleansing everywhere.
Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte came to the U.S. as an Armenian
refugee from Baku in 1992, and became a U.S. citizen in 1997. She
now holds a law degree and was one of the first Americans to clerk
for the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands,
after observing its creation at the United Nations. She is married
and has two children.
To purchase Nowhere, a Story of Exile ($9.99), visit www.Amazon.com
or www.hybooksonline.com.
Armenian Weekly
June 19, 2012
On June 17, hybooksonline.com, a newly established publisher
specializing in the publication of electronic books (e-books),
released Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte's Nowhere, a Story of Exile,
which chronicles her lost childhood in Azerbaijan.
The cover of "Nowhere" In 1988, Astvatsaturian Turcotte was a
10-year-old girl living in the seaside city of Baku, in the Soviet
Republic of Azerbaijan. Like any other young girl, she had childhood
aspirations, crushes, and dreams.
That entire life was swept away as the majority Muslim Azeri population
drove the minority Christian Armenians out of the country using terror
and violence. Her family was forced to flee to Armenia, a neighboring
republic still reeling from the massive earthquake and unprepared
for the hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeing Azeri-orchestrated
pogroms. Once there, she found herself an outsider-a nation-less girl
surviving in an unheated basement and facing discrimination again,
this time by her own people.
Nowhere, a Story of Exile is a riveting, heart-wrenching story told
through a personal medium- Astvatsaturian Turcotte's diary entries
that documented the organized terror in Baku, her life as a refugee,
and her struggle to find herself, all against the backdrop of the
collapse of the Soviet Union. The author gives a voice to the horrific
tragedy little reported in the West, to the Armenian population of
Azerbaijan, and to the child victims of ethnic cleansing everywhere.
Anna Astvatsaturian Turcotte came to the U.S. as an Armenian
refugee from Baku in 1992, and became a U.S. citizen in 1997. She
now holds a law degree and was one of the first Americans to clerk
for the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands,
after observing its creation at the United Nations. She is married
and has two children.
To purchase Nowhere, a Story of Exile ($9.99), visit www.Amazon.com
or www.hybooksonline.com.