Antonia Arslan's debut novel chronicling the life of a family struggling for survival during the Armenian genocide in Turkey in 1915. At the center is Yervant, who, at thirteen, left his home in the Anatolian hills of Turkey to study at an Armenian boarding school in Venice. After forty years, in May 1915, he is planning a long-awaited reunion with his family at their homestead, Skylark Farm. Unfortunately at this time, Italy enters the Great War and closes its borders. Simultaneously in Turkey, Yervant's family begins a brutal odyssey of forced marches and prison camps, hunger and humiliation at the hands of the Young Turks. The author draws on the story of her own family to tell the story of Skylark Farm. This best-selling novel has been translated into over fifteen languages. Also made into a film.

hard cover, 275 pages.

ISBN 9781400044351