A breath-taking novel about a violent secret that threatens the peace of two interwoven families - now a Penguin Essential.
Elif Shafak is an award-winning British Turkish novelist, whose work has been translated into fifty-six languages. The author of nineteen books, twelve of which are novels, she is a bestselling author in many countries around the world. Shafak's last novel, The Island of Missing Trees, was a top ten Sunday Times bestseller, and was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and the Women's Prize for Fiction. Her novel 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the RSL Ondaatje Prize.
A brave and passionate novel
*Paul Theroux*
Tremendous exuberance . . . I do like a writer with a purpose
*Margaret Forster*
An astonishingly rich and lively story … handled with an
enchantingly light touch' Kirkus Reviews
Overflows with a kitchen sink's worth of zany characters … an
entertaining and insightful ensemble novel that posits the
universality of family, culture and coincidence
*Publishers Weekly*
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