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Zabelle Hardcover – January 1, 1998

4.7 out of 5 stars 28 ratings

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Zabelle Chahasbanian, the seventysomething matriarch of an Armenian-American family, is dead. Her children gather to plan her funeral. What was special about Ma, they wonder. It is clear that at least they know nothing of the extraordinary life of this "ordinary" woman, her struggles and her dreams. They do not know much of the annihilation of her family in her homeland during her childhood or of her survival and emigration to the United States as the bride of a man she had only seen in a photograph. They know only the barest facts about her friendship with Arsinee, a spunky, irreverent woman who was Zabelle's lifelong mainstay. They know nothing of her poignant romance with a man named Moses. So what was special about Ma? Plenty. This first novel is a tender portrait of family, friendship, and love. Highly recommended.?Kay Hogan, Univ. of Alabama Lib., Birmingham
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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The rhythm of folktale and family stories shared around the table infuse the telling of Zabelle Chahasbanian's life. The story begins near her death in Watertown, Massachusetts, and circles back to her Armenian childhood in 1916, the slaughter of the rest of her family by the Turks, and her journey from orphanage to arranged marriage to immigration to the U.S. These bare bones are hung upon a lovely structure of symbols and stories: how Zabelle came by her tin cup, her silver thimble, and a small blue brooch; how she survived a vicious mother-in-law, a secret love, and three children who could not understand her life even in their dreams. The coda, the fairy-tale meeting of Zabelle's own parents with no foreshadowing of their tragic end, comes to the reader as a gift. Although it is not quite so strong as similar titles like Maxine Hong Kingston's Woman Warrior (1976) or Julia Alvarez's How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents (1991), Kricorian's novel is sure to delight readers of those titles. GraceAnne A. DeCandido

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Product details

  • Publisher : Atlantic Monthly Pr; 1st edition (January 1, 1998)
  • Language : English
  • Hardcover : 237 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0871137054
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0871137050
  • Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
  • Dimensions : 6.25 x 1 x 8.5 inches
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