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  • Published: 14 June 2005
  • ISBN: 9780385722018
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $35.00

The Last Day of the War





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.

  • Published: 14 June 2005
  • ISBN: 9780385722018
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 384
  • RRP: $35.00

Praise for The Last Day of the War

"A sprawling, exciting love story....This combination of love and war, history and revenge, makes for a thrilling read, one that lingers long after you finish it." --The Providence Journal

"Engaging....Page-turning....The work of a very good novelist." --Chicago Tribune

"An engaging tale of humor and pathos and young love amid the rich tapestry of post-war France." --Seattle Post-Intelligencer

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