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  1. Dear Bohjalian,
    Heartiest congratulations for your dedicated book “The Sandcastle Girls”
    from all the Armenians every where on this suffering universe.
    Wishing you endless successes…waiting for more…

    Sylva Portoian, M.D.
    Pediatrician & Poet
    Winner of The Carnegie Poetry Prize, Spring 2009
    Sixteen Historical Poetry Books globally.

  2. I have a sneaky suspension that it was the Armenian readers who propelled this book on best seller list. What partly drives my suspension is the presentation of the book in Amazon.com. Initially the book was presented as derived from Bohjeiian’s ethnic experience with no mention of the Armenian Genocide. but later it did.

    Also, I had and still have a mixed feeling about the promotion of this book both by Armenian sources and by Doubleday, as a means to educate the public about the Armenian Genocide. A novel is a fictitious narrative of book length and cannot be a substitute for history. Admittedly Doubleday did a superb job in promoting this book on that account.

    Franz Werfel’s book is also a novel but the underlying theme is well documented. Antranig Zarougian has a novel titled “Love in Medz Yeghern” it is a superb narration about the eminent writer who Roupen Sevag who was a medical doctor by profession and talented painter as well.. While the novel is a figment of Antranig’s imagination but the characters and the story is real. I wish one could take the initiative and translate this book into English. The book makes for superb reading in Armenian. I am sure it would in English as well.

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