“This moving account of the Armenian genocide…deserves a place on classroom bookshelves and on reading lists next to Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl.…A beautiful and poignant novel that humanizes the Armenian genocide for a contemporary audience.”

Kirkus Reviews

“If you are Armenian, you are sure to know the story of the mass killings and forced removal of your ancestors that took place during the start of World War I…Sarah Ignatius is a new author but having been raised in an acclaimed Armenian American family knows this story well and tells it compellingly so the rest of the world can understand.”

Stephen Kurkjian
_{Pulitzer-Prize winning reporter and editor}

“Courageous, tender, and timely. At last, a novel that gives the Armenian Genocide the literary witness it has long deserved. Devastating and quietly luminous.”

Dr. Ümit Kurt
_{University of Newcastle Faculty, Royal Historical Society Fellow, and author of The Armenians of Aintab}

“A magisterial work of fiction steeped in historical authenticity.”

Dr. Khatchig Mouradian
_{Columbia University, author of The Resistance Network in his review for The Armenian Weekly}

“This novel offers an important perspective on one of the twentieth century’s greatest tragedies, restores its human dimension, and renews our faith in our shared humanity.”

Dr. Taner Akçam
_{Director, Armenian Genocide Research Program, UCLA Promise Armenian Institute, and author of Killing Orders: Talat Pasha’s Telegrams and the Armenian Genocide}

“At a time when it’s all too easy and convenient to forget difficult episodes in history or brush by modern injustices, this story is a powerful antidote that will stay with you.”

Armine Ringer-Afeyan
_{CEO, Aurora Humanitarian Initiative}

“A heart-wrenching story with deep insight and many impressive (and some very obscure) historical details. Sarah Ignatius has done something remarkable and rare in writing a book that will enthrall and be very meaningful and memorable to readers from young adolescents right through to the oldest adults.”

Dr. Pamela Steiner
_{Senior Fellow Emeritus, FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University, author of Collective Trauma and the Armenian Genocide: Armenian, Turkish and Azerbaijani Relations since 1839}

“[The] story must be told. Ignatius exposes its horror unflinchingly.”

Dr. Arpi Sarafian
_{Author, literary scholar, and retired professor of English Language and Literature at California State University, Los Angeles, in her review for The Armenian Mirror-Spectator}

“Ignatius explores what humanity looks like in the midst of inhumanity…[Her] imagery [is] so powerful that I found myself sobbing as I read.”

Victoria Atamian Waterman
_{Author, Who She Left Behind, in her review for The Armenian Weekly}

“[S]trives to educate people of all ages about the genocide and the effects that continue to impact the Armenian diaspora today…At the same time, [Ignatius] wanted to honor the people who helped Armenians survive, even if they didn’t share the same culture.”

Shealagh Sullivan
_{The Belmont Voice staff, in their review for The Belmont Voice}