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The Enigma of Life! An ailing widow searches for a couple to adopt her children after she's gone. She has no known living relatives in America. In 1913, Lucinda's grandparents and their twin boys Hovan and Garo escape from Turkey. Garo gets lost on their journey and lands in America. Hovan and his parents settle in France. Everyone assumes Garo is dead except his mother who secretly writes him heart-breaking letters and hides them. In 1938, Lucinda, Hovan's daughter, marries Peter in France. Soon after both their families take a cruise, a storm rages and everyone on board drowns. A year later, Lucinda and Peter come to America and settle in Rhode Island. They have two children. In 1953, two years after Peter passes away, Lucinda is diagnosed with a heart condition. Her search begins. During her search she sees a sign that reads, "GARO" who has been assumed dead. She enters the restaurant with the sign and sees two enlarged photographs hanging on the wall. A woman approaches her and introduces herself as Helena, Garo's daughter. Helena then introduces Lucinda to her husband, Berj, and to Vasken, their friend. Lucinda explains her sad story and asks to meet Garo. Berj calls her a con-artist, after money and demands proof of her identity. At the same time, Vasken and Lucinda appear to be smitten with each other. Helena makes arrangements for Lucinda to meet Garo against Berg's approval. When Lucinda's arrives, seconds later Garo, a widower, walks into the room unaware of Lucinda's existence. They immediately recognize each other and run into each others arms simultaneously laughing, crying and talking. Lucinda invites them to her home in Providence and shows them proof of her identity. She tells Garo, a physician, about her illness. Lucinda and Garo spend endless hours exchanging stories and reading his mothers letters. Lucinda is frequently confronted with conflict which causes her distress. She gets jealous and angry w
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About the Author:
Anna Alra DerSarkisian is first generation American-Armenian whose parents were born in (Western Armenia) in Turkey. They fled to America and settled in New England. Anna was born and raised in Lowell, Massachusetts. She moved to California in the late fifties and resides in West Los Angeles, California. This is her first novel.
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- PublisherOutskirts Press
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1478721715
- ISBN 13 9781478721710
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages146
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