The Sandcastle Girls

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 during WWI.

When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Aleppo, Syria, she has a diploma from Mount Holyoke, a crash course in nursing, and only the most basic grasp of the Armenian language. It's 1915, and Elizabeth has volunteered to help deliver...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307743918
• ISBN13: 9780307743916
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 7.5"

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.