First Rule of Fire by Rebecca Gopoian explores how history can never truly be erased, no matter how hard we try to deny or forget. Told in interwoven narratives, the novel explores the lives of three characters as they seek safety, love, and belonging, beginning in Eastern Turkey 1914, at the start of the Armenian Genocide to 1980’s New Jersey. A masterpiece for our turbulent times, documenting in intimate detail the inescapable consequences of history.
