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05/06/2015 04:00 AMThis exquisite debut novel begins in 1990 when Orhan’s grandfather wills his home in Turkey to a woman in a nursing home in California. Orhan needs to understand who this stranger is and travels to meet her. Reluctant at first, she ultimately shares her harrowing story. This is a beautifully written, devastating story of love and overwhelming loss during the Armenian genocide in 1915 Turkey.
—Julie of R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison