![]() ![]() The author argues convincingly that our strongest relationships are established on a level beyond words or rational thought. At the center of the two women's wrenching struggle is Araxie's daughter Seta, who must ultimately balance her Armenian and American identities, discharging debts to both her mother and her grandmother. Overwhelmed by survivor's guilt, she clings to her native land's traditions and is enraged when her daughter Araxie marries a non-Armenian. Casard comes to America after losing her parents and brother during the 1915 massacre of Armenians by the Turks. ![]() Is it better to embrace an agonizing past, or to put it aside at the risk of losing one's ethnic identity? Edgarian's strong-voiced first novel embodies this painful question in the story of three generations of powerful women. ![]()
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