The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey – A True Story of

The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey – A True Story of a Genocide Survivor's Escape and a Family's Resilience

A Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize
A New York Post Must-Read
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â€œPart family heirloom, part history lesson, The Hundred-Year Walk is an emotionally poignant work, powerfully imagined and expertly crafted.â€â€”Aline Ohanesian, author of Orhanâ€™s Inheritance

â€œThis book reminds us that the way we treat strangers can ripple out in ways we will never know . . . MacKeenâ€™s excavation of the past reveals both uncomfortable and uplifting lessons about our present.â€â€”Ari Shapiro, NPR
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Growing up, Dawn MacKeen heard from her mother how her grandfather Stepan miraculously escaped from the Turks during the Armenian genocide of 1915, when more than one million peopleâ€”half the Armenian populationâ€”were killed. In The Hundred-Year Walk MacKeen alternates between Stepanâ€™s courageous account, drawn from his long-lost journals, and her own story as she attempts to retrace his steps, setting out alone to Turkey and Syria, shadowing her resourceful, resilient grandfather across a landscape still rife with tension. Dawn uses his journals to guide her to the places he was imperiled and imprisoned and the desert he crossed with only half a bottle of water. Their shared story is a testament to family, to home, and to the power of the human spirit to transcend the barriers of religion, ethnicity, and even time itself.
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â€œI am in awe of what Dawn MacKeen has done here . . . Her sentences sing. Her research shines. Her readers will be raptâ€”and a lot smarter by the end.â€â€”Meghan Daum, author of The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion
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â€œHarrowing.â€â€”Us Weekly
Country USA
Brand Mariner
Manufacturer Mariner Books
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2017-01-24
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780544811942

Country	USA
Brand	Mariner
Manufacturer	Mariner Books
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2017-01-24
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780544811942

The Hundred-Year Walk: An Armenian Odyssey – A True Story of a Genocide Survivor's Escape and a Family's Resilience

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