Gwen Weddington asked Chris Bohjalian:

Hello Chris, My bookclub will be discussing The Sandcastle Girls in January. I was wondering in you have any background you could share, such as why you wrote the book and what parts of this book are most personal to you, as a person of Armenian descent? We are a group of 50 - 80 year old women, who have been reading books together here in Houston, TX since 1994. Thanks, Gwen

Chris Bohjalian Thanks, Gwen. I appreciate your faith in my work.

First of all, here is the page for "The Sandcastle Girls" on my web site. You can read a number of articles I have written on "Reader Resources:"

http://chrisbohjalian.com/the-sandcas...

Here are some links to other articles I have written about the Armenian Genocide for the New York Times or the Washington Post or the Boston Globe or Newsweek. They should help, too. Some are about my family:

http://www.newsweek.com/souls-vanishe...

https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/opi...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinio...

There are many others I've written if you google my name and Armenian Genocide.

Give my best to your book group and have a great holiday season! Thank you again!