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The Knock at the Door: A Journey Through the Darkness of the Armenian Genocide | 
 enlarge | Author: Margaret Ajemian Ahnert
Publisher: Beaufort Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 207450
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 209
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.3 x 1.1
ISBN: 0825305128
Dewey Decimal Number: 956.620154
EAN: 9780825305122
ASIN: 0825305128
Publication Date: April 24, 2007
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In this riveting book, first-time author Margaret Ajemian Ahnert relates her mother's terrifying experiences as a young woman during the oft-overlooked Armenian genocide in Turkey at the beginning of the twentieth century. At age 15, Ahnert's mother was separated from her foster family during a forced march away from her birth town of Amasia. She narrowly avoided kidnapping, faced unspeakable horrors at the hands of soldiers, and was forcibly married to an abusive Turkish wagon-driver. Throughout her ordeal, she had faith and reminded herself that "this, too, will pass," a mantra which enabled her to survive these nightmarish experiences. Eventually, she escaped captivity and was able to make her way to America. Ahnert's compelling account of her mother's suffering is framed by an intimate portrait of her relationship with her 98-year old mother. The reader sits with Ahnert in the Armenian Home as she cares for her mother and listens to the sometimes awful, occasionally funny, and always inspiring stories of her mother's turbulent life during a terrible period in human history.
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 The Knock at The Door August 3, 2008
In straight forward simple language Margaret Ahnert brings us into her family history and the horor of the Armenian Genocide through stories told to her by her mother. At times charming, at times moving, at times shocking and revolting, her words come across as a personal private conversation. Though a compelling story it sometimes felt repititious and the writing less than poetic or polished...perhaps that is what makes the read feel natural and intimate.
 Amazingly true July 31, 2008
I am 3rd generation Armenian and everytime I read another story of a poor Armenian suffering from the hands of the genocide, my heart goes out to my fellow Armenians. I applaud this author and her parents for what they endured living and suffering through the genocide. A must read and it's about time we make the Armenian Genocide known to the public.
A Wonderful true narrative story between a loving daughter and her mothers survival. July 12, 2008
It is the best book I have read about the Armenian genocide. Wonderfully written and hard to stop reading until the end. Its narrative form keeps the reader immersed in the story taking you through her mothers ordeal for survival during troublesome and dark days in history of the Armenian people under the Ottoman Empire.
INSIGHTFUL, MUST READ-READ July 1, 2008
Very few books come my way I read in 2 days. This was one of them. I knew very little of the Amenian Genocide before I read this book. It is a history lesson you will not learn in a classroom. My late godmother was half Armenian,she once told me the story of the Armenian Genocide will make you cry. It did. What the Armenian people went through was horrofic. Anyone of Armenian descent should hold there head high. There forfathers endured alot of grieve, heartache,torture.
the knock at the door June 22, 2008
Very well written book about a human tragedy.
Octavio TejedaThe Knock at the Door: A Journey Through the Darkness of the Armenian Genocide
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