ZabelleBy Nancy Kricorian
...by a rich Armenian family and is adopted. Eventually she make’s her way to America where she first time sees the man she is going to merry. After years of fighting with her mother in law she gets her own life, freedom, and family. Zabelle dies after about ninety years of life, but she goes through many interesting and strange experiences. The book is written in a first-person narrative style. Zabelle gives really good explanations for her actions. This takes place from the beginning to the end. She shows how she feels about some people. The novel even describes the genocide. She expresses her feelings through words. Here is an example from the book of a flashback she had near the end of her life. Dust had fallen, and I carried my tin cup filled with water across the sand. When I reached the black tent, my mother was gone, but there was a baby asleep on a carpet. I picked up the baby and offered it some water. The baby’s eyes were large and dark and filled with sadness. When the infant began to cry, I carried it out of the tent. In the night sky, a chipped moon appeared through passing clouds. With the baby on my hip, I began the long walk tow...