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Glendale Public Library
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale CA 91205
Tel: 818-548-2030
Web: http://www.glendalepubliclibrary.org/
http://www.glendale.ci.ca.us/
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The Knock at the Door
"Whoever remains will be shot." "Move along, yallah, yallah."
GLENDALE, CA Margaret Ajemian Ahnert, author of The Knock at the Door:
A Journey Through the Darkness of the Armenian Genocide, will speak
about her book on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 at 7pm at the Glendale
Central Library Auditorium, 222 East Harvard Street. The lecture is in
English. Admission is free and the seating is limited. Library visitors
receive 3 hours FREE parking across the street at The Market Place
parking structure with validation at the Loan Desk.
Margaret Ajemian Ahnert, the winner of the 2008 New York Book Fair Award
for Best Historical Memoir was born in New York City. She has an MFA
from Goucher College and a BA from Goddard College. She has pursued a
variety of careers: producing television documentaries, lecturing as a
docent at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Philadelphia Museum of
Art.
The Knock at the Door, is the story of Ester, Margaret's mother, and her
terrifying experiences as a young woman during the year of 1915 Armenian
Genocide in Turkey. Ester was separated from her foster family at the
age of 15, during a forced march away from her birth town of Amasia. She
narrowly avoided kidnapping, faced unspeakable horrors at the hands of
soldiers, and was forcibly married to an abusive Turkish wagon-driver.
Throughout her ordeal, she reminded herself that "this, too, will pass,"
a mantra which enabled her to survive these nightmarish experiences.
Eventually, she escaped captivity and was able to make her way to
America. The Knock at the Door is published in several languages
including Spanish, Italian, Polish, Armenian and Turkish. The publisher
of the Turkish edition is in jail for publishing the book because it is
against the law in Turkey to publish anything that is anti-Turkish.
The program is sponsored by the Abril bookstore and the Glendale Public
Library.
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Contact: Elizabeth Grigorian at [email protected]
or call (818) 548-3288