The Last Day of the War

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The Last Day of The War, is a historical fiction novel by Judith Claire-Mitchell, about a young xxxish American girl, and her relationship with an Armenian American soldier, and his involvement with a secret Armenian orginazation, "Erinyes." The closing of World War 1 provides the backdrop for the story. It's an easy read, and makes the Armenian Genocide more odar friendly, spreading the knowledge of it.

A short synopsis:

"Yael Weiss, eighteen years old and looking for adventure, finds it in the library one day when she discovers a packet of guns meant for Erinyes, an Armenian organization set on avenging their people’s massacre by the Turks in 1915. While the weapons make her nervous, Dub Hagopian, the young Armenian-American soldier sent to retrieve them, excites her in a completely different way.

Smitten, Yael impulsively follows Dub to France by volunteering with the YMCA, reinventing herself along the way as twenty-five-year-old Methodist Yale White. When she and Dub cross paths again, Yael gets caught up in a crowd bursting with both the passionate ideals and the devil-may-care energy of youth–with consequences neither of them could ever foresee."

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