tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post5273884354022633833..comments2024-03-28T06:47:24.428-04:00Comments on As the Crowe Flies (and Reads!): Book (P)Review: The Sandcastle Girls by Chris BohjalianAs the Crowe Flies and Readshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-68200455835065588182014-04-07T21:01:56.023-04:002014-04-07T21:01:56.023-04:00Many may find this story quite heartbreaking, but ...Many may find this story quite heartbreaking, but there is a sense of hope in the book as well. It shows how people persevere and continue with life when all seems lost.Skydive Seattle site infohttp://www.skydivesnohomish.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-14165776773428001982013-07-21T09:38:03.100-04:002013-07-21T09:38:03.100-04:00Well...I didn't think it was all that subtle, ...Well...I didn't think it was all that subtle, actually. I thought he was fairly obvious on that point, but I agree that this novel is rewarding because it does highlight a part of history that most US readers are unfamiliar with.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-15161494054669795962013-07-21T04:59:33.050-04:002013-07-21T04:59:33.050-04:00I felt that one of the strengths of the novel is h...I felt that one of the strengths of the novel is how well Bohalian foreshadows the Nazi Holocaust in these pages. He never comes out and screams, "Isn't ironic that the Germans were horrified by this genocide?!?!" but it's subtly there. I highly recommend this novel for its glimpse into part of history that most of us don't know, and for the characters for whom the reader comes to care deeply. CashFundhttp://www.cashfund.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-69016811556849736482013-01-18T02:30:46.009-05:002013-01-18T02:30:46.009-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-59352944856175998482012-05-29T21:12:08.404-04:002012-05-29T21:12:08.404-04:00I love stuff like this...I'm constantly caught...I love stuff like this...I'm constantly caught off guard by how much history I DON'T know...thanks for bringing it to our attention!Peppermint Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02839146118641977559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-3185258234033368432012-05-29T15:45:01.417-04:002012-05-29T15:45:01.417-04:00I have this book from NetGalley and I'm really...I have this book from NetGalley and I'm really looking forward to reading it. It seems like you found it a thought-provoking experience.Sam (Tiny Library)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16375434438465319913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-52440785693701606112012-05-29T10:14:20.663-04:002012-05-29T10:14:20.663-04:00Robyn, I didn't know that little piece of info...Robyn, I didn't know that little piece of information re: Hitler & nobody remembering the Armenians. There are two German soldier characters in this book who are appalled at what their allies are doing to the Armenians, and one of them says to the other, you would never see this happening in Germany or anyplace else in Europe. we're too civilzed. dramatic irony, eh? <br /><br />Anyway, the other two books that I read were Running the Rift, set in Rwanda and published by Algonquin earlier this year, and In the Shadow of the Banyan Tree which is about the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, but it's not published until August of this year.<br /><br />The novel does get into, at least a little, about America's knowledge of what was happening to the armenians, and that's why many Americans wanted the US to enter WWI. the young woman from Boston went to Syria as part of a relief effort for the Armenian refugees being rounded up in Aleppo. She was part of the Boston-based Friends of Armenia society.As the Crowe Flies and Readshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12110661562901480120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5257036732683611349.post-23030798084640143512012-05-29T09:09:33.580-04:002012-05-29T09:09:33.580-04:00Supposedly when Hitler was asked about exterminati...Supposedly when Hitler was asked about exterminating Europe's Jewish population, he said, "No one remembers the Armenians." I don't know if the novel gets into this, but there was really widespread awareness about the genocide in the United States and lots of famous people trying to draw attention to it. That the Turkish government still denies any role of the Ottoman Empire in the Armenian genocide has been a sticking point for them entering the European Union. Sounds like an interesting book. What are the other two novels of genocide (I guess I also have a dark mind)?Robyn Rylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07510195754917893035noreply@blogger.com