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The Road from Home

A True Story of Courage, Survival and Hope

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The Road from Home

By: David Kherdian
Narrated by: Adriana Sevan
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David Kherdian re-creates his mother's voice in telling the true story of a childhood interrupted by one of the most devastating holocausts of our century.

Vernon Dumehjian Kherdian was born into a loving and prosperous family. Then, in the year 1915, the Turkish government began the systematic destruction of its Armenian population.

©1979 David Kherdian (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers Biographies Explore the World Geography & Cultures Growing Up & Facts of Life Historical Social & Life Skills

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I was riveted from the very beginning and while Life made it impossible to sit through until the end, my days were centered around the time that I would be alone to get a cup of tea and listen some more. The people in this are now a part of my mental fabric-- I will get the book so I might write their names properly. I admired Veron's ability to stay the course and keep going even when things were absolutely horrid. I admired her ability to keep her own goals in mind, and how her father knew to direct her early on. He sensed that she would survive and his guidance was a good guide for parenting in troubled times.

I am going to listen to this a few more times-- this is the kind of book that you listen to, then go over again to glean more details.

I will be learning more about Armenia now.

Like sitting down with your grandmother...

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As the Ottoman Empire crumbled, Christian minorities were massacred. David Kherdian's mother was a little Armenian girl in Western Turkey. Kherdian brilliantly tells her story through her own voice, with lots of detail bringing the family and the horrors of Genocide to life. Ultimately, this is a story of the triumph of love and hope and courage. Adriana Sevan is magnificent in narrating this book. She nails the accents and cadences of speech I remember from my own Armenian grandmother and other survivors of the Genocide of Christians in the early twentieth century. Thank you David Kherdian for helping us understand what happened so that we never forget!

Powerful true story of one girl's survival of the Armenian Genocide

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enjoyed the perspective of a young girl who lost her entire family during the Genocide.

great perspective about the Armenian Genocide.

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listening to the book was like listening to one's grandmother tell the story of her life ... simple, heartwarming, touching.

wonderful

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An interesting and important story of survival and hope so much so that I recommended it to my own daughter when she was young. It was a childhood favorite of mine and I was so glad to have found it available now on Audible.

A classic in many ways.

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