Set in Turkey at the onset of WW1, Skrypuch, who herself is of Armenian descent, enlightened me with important historical events including roles that Ontario towns like Brantford and Kapuskasing engaged in with the indigenous Alevi people of Turkey.Īlthough fiction, this book is a great book club inclusion because it raises many questions about the role that Canada played during WW1 with “enemy aliens” and it’s rife with information about religious persecution while also exploring various beliefs. With the centenary of World War 1 being commemorated 2014-2018, Dance of the Banished was a natural inclusion on this year’s reading list. Since meeting her that year as our author guest at The Final Word, Marsha has continually been on my radar. “I first became aware of award-winning Brantford author Marsha Skrypuch in 2008 when we read her book, Daughter of War, for our Christian High School Book Club. Published on the one-hundredth anniversary of World War I, Dance of the Banished tells the dual stories of alien internment in Canada and the Armenian Genocide in Turkey, both from an unusual perspective. In Dance of the Banished, acclaimed author, Marsha Skrypuch, breathes life into a piece of history with passionate clarity. Extra-Curricular Book Club – Dance of the Banished Dance of the Banished by Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
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