{"product_id":"family-of-shadows-a-century-of-murder-memory-and-the-armenian-american-dream-isbn-9780061792083","title":"Family of Shadows: A Century of Murder, Memory, and the Armenian American Dream","description":"\u003cp\u003eCombining the historical urgency of \u003cem\u003eThe Burning Tigris\u003c\/em\u003e, the cultural sweep of \u003cem\u003eMiddlesex\u003c\/em\u003e, and the psychological complexity of \u003cem\u003eBending Toward the Sun,\u003c\/em\u003e Garin K. Hovannisian's \u003cem\u003eFamily of Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e is a searing history of Armenia, realized through the lives of three generations of a single family. In \u003cem\u003eFamily of Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e, Hovannisian traces the arc of his family's changing relationship to its motherland, from his great-grandfather's flight to America after surviving the Armenian Genocide to his father Raffi Hovannisian's repatriation and subsequent climb to political prominence as the head of the Heritage Party. Hovannisian's articles on Armenian issues, including the Genocide, the Armenian Diaspora, and the challenges of post-Soviet statehood, have appeared in the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChristian Science Monitor\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eArmenian Observer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eArarat\u003c\/em\u003e, and numerous other publications. \u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eAs a world war rages through Europe in 1915, Ottoman authorities commence the systematic slaughter of 1.5 million Armenians—the first genocide of modern history. A teenage boy named Kaspar Hovannisian is among the surviving generation of Armenians who escape the ruins of their ancestral homeland and build communities around the world. Kaspar follows the American dream to the San Joaquin Valley of California, where he cultivates a small farm and begins investing in real estate. But memories of Armenia burn strong—a legacy of love, anguish, and faith in a national rebirth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaspar's son Richard leaves the family farm, ready to defend the history of a lost nation against the forces of time and denial. He helps pioneer the field of Armenian studies in the United States and becomes a worldwide authority on genocide. Richard's son Raffi is also haunted—and inspired—by the past. In 1989 he leaves his law firm in Los Angeles to stage the original act of repatriation to Soviet Armenia, where he goes on to play a historic role in the creation of a new and independent republic. Now, in a moving book that is part investigative memoir and part history of the Armenian people, Raffi's son, Garin Hovannisian, tells his family's story—a tale of tragedy, memory, and redemption that illuminates the long shadows that history casts on the lives of men.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Garin Hovannisian brings a historian’s rigor, a poet’s lyricism, and a native son’s passion to this remarkable book. Intimate as memoir yet expansive as an epic, Family of Shadows puts the Armenian experience, in all its tragedy and triumph, into memorably human terms.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSamuel G. Freedman, author of Who She Was: My Search for My Mother’s Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Weaving together history, culture, and original reporting, Family of Shadows is an inspired tribute, full of passion and appreciation for the genealogy of the Hovannisian family and its transformation into an American success story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDr. Vartan Gregorian, President of Carnegie Corporation of New York and author of The Road to Home: My Life and Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith what one can only describe as an artistic skill, Garin Hovannisian interleaves the micro-story of his resilient family with the macro-narrative of the Armenian Genocide. One swiftly learns to appreciate the true meaning of the word ‘indestructible’. - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher Hitchens, author of Hitch-22: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Garin Hovannisian tells one of modern history’s great unexamined stories. Whether you are an Armenian American like me or come to this story anew, Family of Shadows will move you with the intensity and intimacy of its detail.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Ignatius, columnist for The Washington Post and author of Body of Lies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Hovannisian narratives in a swift, novel-like style... Cultural history and memoir gracefully entwined.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44887917527269,"sku":"NP9780061792083","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061792083.jpg?v=1730227732","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/family-of-shadows-a-century-of-murder-memory-and-the-armenian-american-dream-isbn-9780061792083","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}