Beautiful and terrible and, finally, indelible. It tells us things we thought we knew and shows us we had no idea. “A remarkable debut from an important new voice. Like many Armenian Americans, Ohanesian, who lives in Orange. A remarkable debut novel that exhibits an impressive grasp of history as well as narrative intensity and vivid prose.” - Minneapolis Star Tribune Sometimes empathy needs to be followed by action. Aline Ohanesians 2015 novel Orhans Inheritance recalls an unspoken trauma through two interchanging viewpoints. Aline Ohanesian, author of Orhan’s Inheritance, a riveting yet in one respect fanciful debut novel, is a case in point. “ Orhan’s Inheritance illuminates human nature while portraying a devastating time in history. “A book with a mission, giving a voice to history’s silent victims.” - The New York Times Book Review “Rich, tragic, compelling, and realized with deep care and insight.” - Elle “To take the tumultuous history of Turks and Armenians in the early part of this century, and to tell the stories of families and lovers from the small everyday moments of life to the terrible journeys of death, to make a novel so engrossing and keep us awake-that is an accomplishment, and Aline Ohanesian’s first novel is such a wonderful accomplishment.” -Susan Straight, author of Highwire Moon At turns both subtle and transcendent.” - Los Angeles Review of Books Proof that the past can sometimes rewrite the future.” -Christina Baker Kline, author of Orphan Train Intent on righting this injustice, Orhan unearths a story that, if told, has the power to undo the legacy upon which Orhan’s family is built, a story that could unravel his own future. But Kemal has left the family estate to a stranger thousands of miles away, an aging woman in a retirement home in Los Angeles. When Orhan’s brilliant and eccentric grandfather, Kemal Türkoglu, who built a dynasty out of making kilim rugs, is found dead, submerged in a vat of dye, Orhan inherits the decades-old business.

Orhan's Inheritance by Aline Ohanesian