December 14, 2010

 

On Tuesday December 7th, 2010, Garin K. Hovannisian, recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship in Creative Writing and the Lynton Award for Book Writing and graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, launched his new book, Family of Shadows, at the AGBU’s Alex Manoogian Cultural Centre in Toronto.

In his compelling lecture, Hovannisian read selected excerpts from Family of Shadows, which tells the tale of the Hovannisian family, of several generations haunted by the events of the 1915 genocide and torn between dreams of rebirth for their ancestral homeland and success in the United States.

A question and answer period followed Mr. Hovannisian’s readings and talk.  Attendees, around 100 people, were moved and overwhelmed by Hovannisian’s passion and appreciation of his family’s history.  Many were inspired to purchase his book for further reading.