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My Grandmother: An Armenian-Turkish Memoir Paperback – July 4, 2012

by Fethiye Cetin (Author), Ureen Freely (Translator)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: Verso; 1 edition (July 4, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1844678679
  • ISBN-13: 978-1844678679
  • Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.4 x 7.8 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn astonishing story - a MUST READ
By Mogulmeister on August 31, 2012
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"My Grandmother" by Fethiye Cetin is an absolutely astonishing book and a total MUST READ. I've always wondered what happened to the children who were taken from their families during the death marches of the Armenian Genocide. We know that they were taken away to be raised as "Turks," but what really happened to these "survivors" of the Genocide? Did they lose their identity completely either due to a genuine loss of memory, or a forced loss of memory? Or did they hold on to their identities while making making the best they could of an impossible situation? In their own minds, were they Armenians, or were they "Turks"? Did they live good lives, or were their lives forever destroyed by the horrors of what they lived through?

There are probably many different answers to these questions, each depending on the unique situation, but finally at least we have some answers in this deeply moving, eloquent, and overpowering book. Fethiye Cetin writes about her grandmother, "Seher," with whom she shared an uncommonly close bond. Near the end of her life, when "Seher" and her granddaughter are alone, "Seher" confides in Fethiye that her real name is Heranoush (in this book the name is spelled in its Turkish transliteration, Heranus). Seher/Heranoush tells her granddaughter, the author, about Heranoush's family's destruction during the Armenian Genocide, where she was literally snatched from her mother's arms when a gendarme stole the child away to be "saved" and raised as a Turk. Her mother fought the gendarme with her last drop of energy, but the officer overpowered her and got away with Heranoush on the back of his horse, and that was it. Or so it would have seemed.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsMany thanks to the author of this book!!!
By Nene on October 22, 2014
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Thank you for writing and publishing this book. My grandmother, Mariam Ter-Mkrtchyan, had lived a similar life. She became orphan in the age of 5 when her entire family, including her, was thrown into a fire by ottoman Turks in 1915. She was pulled out of the fire right after the Turks left the scene. Then she was taken in by a Turk family who gave her a Turkish name. A few years later, she was taken to an Armenian orphanage by Andranik pasha. I also grew up hearing my grandmother's lived horror experiences as a witness and a victim of the Armenian genocide. She kept crying and showing us the scars of her burned knees. Many thanks to the author for her courage and her great humanitarian work. This story is a great representation o thef lived experiences of millions of others and their loved ones.
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5.0 out of 5 starssad, truthful
By Karina Thompson on December 30, 2014
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Very emotional, very unique, very interesting, sad, truthful, I would say its priceless... Looking forward to read more of Fethiye Cetin. My favorite moment in book was , at her Armenian Grandmothers funeral, half turk Fethiye yelled out: " but its not true, her mothers name wasn't Esma, it was Isguhi. Her fathers name wasn't Hussein, it was Hovhanes. : We forgive you, but do you forgive us??? I thought this is HUGE... thank you
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5.0 out of 5 starsSuperb
By Papillon on December 9, 2012
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This book should be required reading for anyone remotely interested in the history of modern Turkey. An absolutely terrific work, and one of the most beautiful, moving books I have ever read.
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5.0 out of 5 starsHeartbreaking and hopeful
By James Kerr on March 1, 2016
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Originally written in Turkish for Turkish readership, My Grandmother, is both a family memoir and a call for acknowledgement of past atrocities. Family secrets can sometimes also be national shame, such as the Armenian genocide. These secrets cause unimaginable pain and sorrow at the individual level, and the lack of acknowledgement at the national level will prevent Turkey from maturing into a modern nation state.
Above all, it is a memoir of an amazing woman, Heranus Gadaryan, the author's titular grandmother. Heranus survived the death marches and was assimilated into Turkish society. Yet, she didn't forget who she was, what had happened, nor would she allow others to demean her heritage or use it against her.
My Grandmother is both heartbreaking and full of hope.
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