With each edition of his new series, Garin writes a letter that introduces a philosophical or poetic idea. Then he makes it into magic.

Writing

“Garin Hovannisian tells one of modern history’s great unexamined stories. Family of Shadows will move you with the intensity and intimacy of its detail.”

David Ignatius
‍The Washington Post

“With what one can only describe as an artistic skill, Garin Hovannisian interleaves the micro-story of his resilient family with the macro-narrative of the Armenian Genocide.”

Christopher Hitchens
Hitch-22: A Memoir

“Garin Hovannisian brings a historian’s rigor, a poet’s lyricism, and a native son’s passion to this remarkable book.”

Samuel G. Freedman
Who She Was: My Search for My Mother’s Life

“Garin Hovannisian brings a historian’s rigor, a poet’s lyricism, and a native son’s passion to this remarkable book.”
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Samuel G. Freedman
‍Who She Was: My Search for My Mother’s Life

Family of Shadows

In this critically acclaimed investigative memoir, Garin tells a 100-year history of the Armenian people through the generations of his family: his great-grandfather Kaspar, who survived the Armenian Genocide of 1915; his grandfather Richard, who pioneered the field of Armenian Studies in the United States; and his father Raffi, who repatriated to a newly independent Armenia and served as its first foreign minister.

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