Nancy Kricorian
All the Light There Was, is the story of an Armenian familyâ€™s struggle to survive the Nazi occupation of Paris in the 1940sâ€”a lyrical, finely wrought tale of loyalty, love, and the many faces of resistance.,On the day the Nazis march down the rue de Belleville, fourteen-year-old Maral Pegorian is living with her family in Paris; like many other Armenians who survived the genocide in their homeland, they have come to Paris to build a new life. The adults immediately set about gathering food and provisions, bracing for the deprivation they know all too well. But the childrenâ€”Maral, her brother Missak, and their close friend Zavenâ€”are spurred to action of another sort, finding secret and not-so-secret ways to resist their oppressors. Only when Zaven flees with his brother Barkev to avoid conscription does Maral realize that the Occupation is not simply a temporary outrage to be endured. After many fraught months, just one brother returns, changing the contours of Maralâ€™s world completely. ,Like Tatiana de Rosnayâ€™s ,Sarahâ€™s Key ,and Jenna Blumâ€™s ,Those Who Save Us,, ,All the Light There Was ,is an unforgettable portrait of lives caught in the crosswinds of history. 
Historical,Historical Fiction,Fiction,War,World War II,Cultural,France,World War II,Holocaust,Historical,War,Romance,Adult Fiction,Literary Fiction
All the Light There Was