Meri Tumanyan – författare

A mothers love is endless, ongoing, and endemic. She is the hearth at home that keeps the blaze aglow. Shes the weaver of dreams and unwavering devotion. Theres no place safer than her arms, no song more comforting than her tune, and no scent more familiar than the essence of a mother.Mommy, the Dreamweaver is intended to alleviate separation anxiety and the guilt experienced when leaving a child at home in order to earn a living, a phenomenon faced by many parents.

Love in the Time of Corona is a product of our times, inspired by the mental and emotional struggles associated with fear, uncertainty, and the isolation experienced during quarantine. It is also an exploration of love, loss, loneliness, and the turmoil that springs from lack of communication, hopelessness, and alienation. However, the underlying themes are those of hope, resiliency, and reconciliation. Love transcends to a realm where the soul's mere desire is for union, not just with fellow human beings, but also with oneself and with Nature.

Never Be Anyone Other Than You is a celebration of the uniqueness and individuality of every child. Children are often more in tune with the world and more perceptive than we think. In fact, there's much we can learn from our children's intuitive nature, their openness to new experiences, their strength in character, their little acts of kindness, and their mindfulness as they explore the simple joys in life that we adults often take for granted. In the process of honoring our children, celebrating their talents, attributes, and personality traits, we help them develop confidence, a sense of self-worth, while modeling for them how to appreciate and respect the individuality of others around them.

There are things that happen behind closed doors that most people know nothing about. This is a story about survival that some are not as fortunate enough as I have been to live through and recount. It is a story that must be shared because it voices the plight of so many silent and silenced people who are still suffering silently, fighting dark shadows that constantly hover, overpowering their will to even attempt to see the light.

“Written in a series of snapshot, near stop-motion prose, Meri Tumanyan’s The Girl with the Purple Umbrella follows a mother and daughter on an ordinary rainy day. As the daughter explores and the mother rediscovers myriad wonders ubiquitous to a winter day, the book comments on love, relationships, and fleeting time that makes the here and now so precious.” ~Dr. Nathalie Joseph

Composed of poems and letters written during quarantine, this book is a commemoration of all our losses during the pandemic: the precious lives that were lost to COVID and the different types of losses we suffered that affected our overall wellbeing. This collection is especially dedicated to my own people who have been fighting valiantly, for generations, in order to preserve their lives, their homes, and our lands. The Promise of the Pomegranate Tree is a celebration of the resiliency of the human spirit, represented by the pomegranate tree, a prominent Armenian cultural symbol. I hope that all people are blessed with the abundance, prosperity, and good fortune that the Nur symbolizes.