Michelle Andonian: This Picture I Gift

Chasing the ghosts of her ancestors, Michelle Andonian traveled to the historic land of the Armenians.  Her grandmother was a survivor of the first genocide of the 20th century in 1915.  Retracing her path, Andonian was led to many of the churches and homes the Armenians were forced to leave 100 years ago, and to the landlocked country that remains, proudly, Armenia.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website. 

Whether or not you go, This Picture I Gift: An Armenian Memoir is a modern journey-and a timeless vision of Armenia and Armenians. In her most personal work, the author comes to terms with the life of her grandmother, a survivor of the twentieth century's first genocide. She documents a journey that spanned one hundred years and three generations through photographs and memoirs. In captivating photographic detail, the book revisits and explores lost historical lands and landmarks, bringing them together with present-day Armenia to honor an ancient people determined to live on.

This beautifully printed and hand-assembled book has an exposed Smyth sewn binding with dust jacket, housed in a pocketed drop-spine outer hardcover wrapped in cloth.

Click to add this beautiful book to your collection: This Picture I Gift: An Armenian Memoir