All the Light There Was

By Nancy Kricorian

Book Overview

On the day the Nazis march down the rue de Belleville, fourteen-year-old Maral Pegorian is living with her family in Paris, where, like many other Armenians who survived the genocide in their homeland, her parents have come to build a new life. The adults immediately set about gathering food and provisions, bracing for the deprivation they know all too well--but Maral, her brother Missak, and their close friends Zaven and Barkev are spurred to action of another sort, finding secret and not-so-secret ways to resist their oppressors. When Zaven and Barkev flee to avoid conscription, Maral finally realizes that the Occupation is not simply a temporary outrage to be endured--and when only one brother returns after many fraught months, the contours of Maral's world are changed irrevocably.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1631529056
• ISBN13: 9781631529054
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: She Writes Press
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Life-changing, captivating read

The book pairs the Armenian Genocide with the Holocaust. It is a story of romance, survival, family love, and stresses humanity and looking beyond the uniform. Kricorian wrote the book in a way that leaves the reader simultaneously with peace and questions when reading the ending. READ IT! Most WWII books focus on the concentration camps. This book offers a new perspective on WWII Paris and the Armenians.