An Armenian Family Reunion A Lifetime of Unforgettable and Delightful Stories By Mitchell Kalpakgian. If you are at all familiar with the author Mitch Kalpakgian, no matter your nationality, you will know that when you read this book you are in for a very delightful time. These are truly the most unforgettable and illuminating stories of a lifetime. The following is quoted from the Preface: “When I was a young man in my twenties . . . my father—a survivor of the Turkish genocide of the Armenians in 1915—urged me, ‘Mitch, you should write my story!’ About forty years later in my sixties, I heard that voice again, though my father had been deceased for twenty years. I decided to write the story as well as those other unforgettable, delightful, illuminating stories which I remember today as if they happened just yesterday—stories which were told to me by other family members or stories I experienced first-hand. In these stories appear the ‘wild’ people who loved be me the most, taught me the most, delighted me the most, enriched me the most, and surprised me the most. Thank God for wild Armenians, wild families, and the gift of life as the wildest of adventures.” Quality sewn softcover, 165 pages. |