The Road from Home

By David Kherdian

Veron Kherdian, a young armenian Christian who lived in Turkey in 1908. Most people don't know about the persecution of armenian Christians in Turkey during 1908-1915. It was never taught in public school. It was forgotten by most Americans. David Kherdian writes about his mother's experience during this time.

Veron was 8 years old when she, her parents, younger siblings, grandfather and uncle, are deportated from their home town and their family. Her family travel in a wagon for miles, having no idea where she would be going.
When it seem like they are finally safe, the cholera infects all the children and the grandfather and uncle. Veron is the only on who survives. But her mother is heartbroken, she lost her two boys and her other daughter. Soon Veron's mother dies of broken heart.

Veron's father is having to go away and help soldiers in Baghdad, he is a doctor. Veron must live with a couple aunts that she has in Meskene, Syria, the city they were taken to. After a about a year of living in Meskene, her father returns and says that they are going to escape along with a friend of the family. They departed shortly and traveled a long way, heading back to where the rest of Veron's family was. But not long after they departed Veron's father died. Veron continued on the journey hoping to be reunited with her family.

This book really touched my heart. David Kherdian retells the the story of his mother during the Christian Armenian Holocaust in Turkey. I cried a lot during this book, it really touched me. I suggest this book to anyone and everyone.

Review by Sweetie Pie