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nA Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize n A New York Post Must-Read n Part family heirloom, part history lesson, The Hundred-Year Walk is an emotionally poignant work, powerfully imagined and expertly crafted.--Aline Ohanesian, author of Orhans Inheritance n n This book reminds us that the way we treat strangers can ripple out in ways we will never know . . . MacKeens excavation of the past reveals both uncomfortable and uplifting lessons about our present.--Ari Shapiro, NPR n n Growing up, Dawn MacKeen heard from her mother how her grandfather Stepan miraculously escaped from the Turks during the Armenian genocide of 1915, when more than one million people--half the Armenian population--were killed. In The Hundred-Year Walk MacKeen alternates between Stepans courageous account, drawn from his long-lost journals, and her own story as she attempts to retrace his steps, setting out alone to Turkey and Syria, shadowing her resourceful, resilient grandfather across a landscape still rife with tension. Dawn uses his journals to guide her to the places he was imperiled and imprisoned and the desert he crossed with only half a bottle of water. Their shared story is a testament to family, to home, and to the power of the human spirit to transcend the barriers of religion, ethnicity, and even time itself. n nI am in awe of what Dawn MacKeen has done here . . . Her sentences sing. Her research shines. Her readers will be rapt--and a lot smarter by the end.--Meghan Daum, author of The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion n n Harrowing.--Us Weeklyn
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Brand: Dawn Anahid Mackeen
