There Was and There Was Not: A Journey Through Hate and Possibility in Turkey, Armenia, and Beyond (Hardcover) by Meline Toumani

from elizabeth9592

I won a copy of this in the early reviewers giveaway. This is a beautifully written book about an Armenian woman who sets out to explore the troubled relationship between the two peoples. I especially liked the honesty that Ms. Toumani used to portray people. There is usually a temptation with th...

from Jaylia3

Though I was well aware of the conflict between Armenia and Turkey I was fuzzy on the details so the first thing I appreciate about this deeply felt book is that it brought me up to date about a still relevant enmity that dates back at least as far as the massacre of 1915. What I found at least a...

from snash

An honest and thorough investigation of the difficulties inherent in honoring ones history without being ruled by it. In looking at the Armenian/Turkish situation, the reflections are relevant to any minority/majority dynamic as well as the difficulties of immigrant populations. It is an excellen...

from klburnside

Meline Toumani is an Armenian-American who grew up in New Jersey. The Armenian-American community that she associated with during her childhood devoted a lot of energy to boycotting all things Turkish and working for genocide recognition by the US government. As she gets older, she begins to ques...

from Caitlin.Rae

I have read several books related to the Armenian Genocide. I was horrified to learn about this tragedy on my own; I had never been taught about this time period in school. So, I was excited to pick up another book to learn more about this event. Meline Toumani writes candidly and openly about he...