MISSION HILLS — The Ararat-Eskijian-Museum and Research Center (AEMRC) National Association of Armenian Studies (NAASR) and the Promise Armenian Institute at UCLA (PAI) are pleased to present a talk on the recently released historical novel “The Mayor of Inebeolu” by Alice Ketabgian and Dr. Tamara Ketabgian, on Sunday February 15th at 4 PM , P/T Ararat-Eskijian Museum at the Sheen Chapel 15105 Mission Hills RD, Mission Hills CA 91345.
When Yevkine returns to Istanbul, forty years after her departure as a small child, she faces the chance of a lifetime. There, she meets her cousin and begins to uncover the dark family secrets that remain within her ancestors’ homeland. Unfolding amid laughter and tears, this moving historical novel traces the path of the Balyan family during the deportations of 1915 and beyond, as they build new lives for themselves. Their story begins in a picturesque small town near the southern coast of the Black Sea, continues through Istanbul’s ancient quarters, to Marseille and Saint-Etienne, and eventually ends on the shores of New Jersey. Spanning both World Wars and the Spanish Civil War.
The Mayor of Inebolu explores complex questions surrounding intermarriage, religious tolerance, wartime trauma, and the historical legacy of Armenian and Turkish relations. Throughout, the novel asks: ‘What does it mean to remember the pain of the past while still looking toward the future?’.
This is an in-person event, the presentation will also be live-streamed and made available in a few days after the lecture on the Ararat-Eskijian Museum’s YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/@AraratEskijianMuseum.
For additional information, please email [email protected], or call the museum at (747) 500-7585
The book will be on sale during the lecture.
