The Sandcastle Girls: A Novel

By Chris Bohjalian

Book Overview

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the bestselling author of The Flight Attendant, here is a sweeping historical love story that probes the depths of love, family, and secrets amid the Armenian Genocide... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385534795
• ISBN13: 9780385534796
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Doubleday
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 1.1" x 6.6"

Customer Reviews

I enjoyed this book

Good book some of this author I do not enjoy but this one is one of his best. I cannot imagine the research he puts into his books

A Gripping Story of Another 20th Century Holocaust

This book is not for the faint of heart. It is truth and it is tragic. Because I live in a California town where many Armenians have settled, I am aware of the Turkish massacre and forced relocation of the Armenian population commencing in 1915. The author claims it was the forgotten genocide - not entirely. It was, however, eclipsed by the First World War and all the losses suffered by so many people during that time. Although I am not Armenian, I have tremendous empathy for these people and what they endured. It was an especially sad chapter in history, a graphic illustration of inhumanity and so utterly senseless! This book reinforces my gratitude that I was born in America.