The Sandcastle Girls

· Bolinda · Narrated by Alison Fraser and Cassandra Campbell
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When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Syria, she has a diploma from Mount Holyoke College, a crash course in nursing, and only the most basic grasp of the Armenian language. The First World War is spreading across Europe, and she has volunteered on behalf of the Boston-based Friends of Armenia to deliver food and medical aid to refugees of the Armenian genocide. There, Elizabeth becomes friendly with Armen, a young Armenian engineer who has already lost his wife and infant daughter. When Armen leaves Aleppo to join the British Army in Egypt, he begins to write Elizabeth letters, and comes to realize that he has fallen in love with the wealthy, young American woman who is so different from the wife he lost. Flash forward to the present, where we meet Laura Petrosian, a novelist living in suburban New York. Although her grandparents' ornate Pelham home was affectionately nicknamed the "Ottoman Annex", Laura has never really given her Armenian heritage much thought. But when an old friend calls, claiming to have seen a newspaper photo of Laura’s grandmother promoting an exhibit at a Boston museum, Laura embarks on a journey back through her family’s history that reveals love, loss - and a wrenching secret that has been buried for generations.
When Elizabeth Endicott arrives in Syria, she has a diploma from Mount Holyoke College, a crash course in nursing, and only the most basic grasp of the Armenian language. The First World War is spreading across Europe, and she has volunteered on behalf of the Boston-based Friends of Armenia to de...

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Chris Bohjalian is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 25 books, including: The Jackal’s Mistress; The Lioness; Hour of the Witch; Midwives; The Flight Attendant; The Red Lotus, The Guest Room; Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands; The Sandcastle Girls; Skeletons at the Feast; and The Double Bind. His novels Secrets of Eden; Midwives; and Past the Bleachers have all been made into movies, and his books have been translated into more than 35 languages. Bohjalian lives in Vermont, USA. His latest novel is The Amateur (2026).

Alison Fraser received Tony® Award nominations for her performances in The Secret Garden and Romance Romance and also appeared on Broadway in Gypsy, Tartuffe: Born Again and The Mystery of Edwin Drood.

Cassandra Campbell is an actress, director and teacher who has performed in New York at the Public Theatre, the Mint Theater and the Clurman Theatre. She is also the prolific and highly accomplished audiobook narrator of more than 700 titles to date. Winner of four Audie Awards from the Audio Publishers Association and nominated for a dozen more, she has consistently been an AudioFile Magazine Best Narrator as well as a Publisher’s Weekly Best Narrator of the Year. In 2018, she was inducted into Audible’s Narrator Hall of Fame. As an acting teacher, she spent five years as a faculty member of the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts and has performed in and directed dozens of plays at theatres across the country.

Chris Bohjalian is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than 25 books, including: The Jackal’s Mistress; The Lioness; Hour of the Witch; Midwives; The Flight Attendant; The Red Lotus, The Guest Room; Close Your Eyes, Hold Hands; The Sandcastle Girls; Skeletons at the Feast; and The Do...

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