The Sandcastle Girls
Author: Chris Bohjalian
The Sandcastle Girls is a sweeping historical love story steeped in Chris Bohjalian’s Armenian heritage. 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. The year is 1915 and she has volunteered on behalf of the Boston-based Friends of Armenia to help de….Read More
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