Fic­tion

The Moth­er of Jerusalem is Crying

  • From the Publisher
April 30, 2012
A sweep­ing his­tor­i­cal nov­el that begins in 19th cen­tu­ry Arme­nia, then under Turk­ish con­trol, and tells the inter­wo­ven sto­ries of three fam­i­lies-Chris­t­ian, Jew­ish and Mus­lim- over three gen­er­a­tions and three con­ti­nents. The sto­ry describes their lives in terms of their tra­di­tions, tri­umphs and tragedies, and how they con­tend­ed with the vio­lence of the Armen­ian Geno­cide, World War Two, the Holo­caust, and the found­ing of Israel. Many of the char­ac­ters do not sur­vive the envelop­ing vio­lence. Despite these tragedies, the mes­sage of this book is hope­ful. The sto­ry illus­trates that peo­ple of dif­fer­ent faiths can live togeth­er, mar­ry, and raise hap­py chil­dren. Ordi­nary peo­ple, per­haps more than their polit­i­cal lead­ers, have the capac­i­ty to bring an end to the suf­fer­ing and death that mark our time.

 

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