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    AHNERT TO PRESENT HER "THE KNOCK AT THE DOOR" BOOK AT ALMA

    http://armenpress.am/eng/news/724732/ahnert-to-present-her-the-knock-at-the-door-book-at-alma.html
    14:22, 2 July, 2013

    YEREVAN, JULY 2, ARMENPRESS: Armenian-American author Margaret Ajemian
    Ahnert will discuss her award-winning book, "The Knock at the Door",
    on July 17 at the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA),
    reports Armenpress referring to The Armenian Weekly.

    Growing up, Ahnert heard her mother's terrifying stories about her
    deportation from Amasia, Turkey, during the Armenian Genocide.

    Separated from her family at age 15, her mother, Ester, lived through
    traumatic events, but eventually escaped to America. The Knock at the
    Door explores this journey through darkness, as well as mother-daughter
    relationships, and presents an intimate view of family life and the
    inspiration Ahnert took from her mother.

    Ahnert has an MFA from Goucher College, a BA from Goddard College, and
    is a graduate of the Barnes Foundation. She has produced television
    documentaries, lectured as a docent at the Metropolitan Museum of
    Art and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and taught art appreciation
    through the "Art Goes to School" program in elementary schools. She
    holds a 100-ton master captain's license and is an avid hunter and
    fisherwoman. She has received numerous humanitarian awards, including
    the "Ellis Island Medal of Honor," and in 2010 established the Margaret
    Ajemian Ahnert scholarship program, which supports female journalists
    in Armenia.

    The "The Knock at the" Door has been translated into 10 different
    languages, has gone through 6 printings, and was named "Best Historical
    Memoir of 2008â~@³ at the New York Book Festival.




    From: A. Papazian
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