Her readers will be rapt-and a lot smarter by the end.”-Meghan Daum, author of The Problem with Everything In the heart of the Ottoman Empire as World War I rages, Stepan Miskjian's world becomes undone.
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MacKeen’s excavation of the past reveals both uncomfortable and uplifting lessons about our present.”-Ari Shapiro, NPR Artwork page for ‘A Hundred Mile Walk’, Richard Long, 19712 This work records a walk Richard Long made on Dartmoor during New Year 19712, repeatedly following a circular route. “This book reminds us that the way we treat strangers can ripple out in ways we will never know. Their shared story is a testament to family, to home, and to the power of the human spirit to transcend the barriers of religion, ethnicity, and even time itself. Dawn uses his journals to guide her to the places he was imperiled and imprisoned and the desert he crossed with only half a bottle of water. In The Hundred-Year Walk, MacKeen alternates between Stepan’s courageous account, drawn from his long-lost journals, and her own story as she attempts to retrace his steps, setting out alone to Turkey and Syria, shadowing her resourceful, resilient grandfather across a landscape still rife with tension. Growing up, Dawn MacKeen heard from her mother how her grandfather Stepan miraculously escaped from the Turks during the Armenian genocide of 1915, when more than one million people-half the Armenian population-were killed. “An emotionally poignant work” of survival during the Armenian genocide (Aline Ohanesian, author of Orhan’s Inheritance). Her readers will be rapt-and a lot smarter by the end."-Meghan Daum, author of The Unspeakable: And Other Subjects of Discussion "Harrowing.A Dayton Literary Peace Prize Finalist and New York Post Must-Read. "I am in awe of what Dawn MacKeen has done here. In The Hundred-Year Walk MacKeen alternates between Stepan's courageous account, drawn from his long-lost journals, and her own story as she attempts to retrace his steps, setting out alone to Turkey and Syria, shadowing her resourceful, resilient grandfather across a landscape still rife with tension. Dawn uses his journals to guide her to the places he was imperiled and imprisoned and the desert he crossed with only half a bottle of water. In The Hundred-Year Walk, Growing up, Dawn MacKeen heard from her mother how her grandfather, Stepan, miraculously escaped from the Turks during the Armenian genocide of 1915, when more than one.
In The Hundred-Year Walk MacKeen alternates between Stepan's courageous account, drawn from his long-lost journals, and her own story as she attempts to retrace his steps, setting out alone to Turkey and Syria, shadowing her resourceful, resilient grandfather across a landscape still rife with tension. MacKeen's excavation of the past reveals both uncomfortable and uplifting lessons about our present."-Ari Shapiro, NPR A Finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace PrizeĪ New York Post Must-Read "Part family heirloom, part history lesson, The Hundred-Year Walk is an emotionally poignant work, powerfully imagined and expertly crafted."-Aline Ohanesian, author of Orhan's Inheritance "This book reminds us that the way we treat strangers can ripple out in ways we will never know.