Sunset in the Champlain Valley

Sunset in the Champlain Valley
So much to be grateful for!

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

I love good writers. Chris Bohjalian is a fave...

The Sandcastle Girls
I loved Chris Bohjalian's deep and poignant novel exploring the Armenian purge a century ago.  He deftly weaves two timelines together, as the horror is lived out by members of a family in one, and we ride along with their granddaughter in the other as she searches out the truth of her familial past. He makes it all too clear the fragility of not only lives, and time, but perception as well; how we view things and then act on that viewpoint, correct or not, can change the course of a family--history--for ever.  Chris is always a good read. This one pulled the tears right out of my eyes, and my heart, at the end.