The Bastard of Istanbul
by Elif Shafak | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0141031697 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0141031697 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Beqi of Daventry, Northamptonshire United Kingdom on 12/30/2010
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Journal Entry 1 by Beqi from Daventry, Northamptonshire United Kingdom on Thursday, December 30, 2010
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One rainy afternoon in Istanbul a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I want an abortion', she announces. She is nineteen years old, and unmarried. What happens that afternoon is to change her life, and the lives of everyone around her. Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul. Due to a mysterious family curse all the men die by age 41, so it is a house of women, among them her beautiful, rebellious mother, Zeliha, clairvoyant Auntie Banu and bar-brawl widow, Auntie Cevriye. But when Asya's Armenian-American cousin Armanoush comes to stay, long-hidden family secrets and Turkey's turbulent past begin to emerge.
One rainy afternoon in Istanbul a woman walks into a doctor's surgery. 'I want an abortion', she announces. She is nineteen years old, and unmarried. What happens that afternoon is to change her life, and the lives of everyone around her. Twenty years later, Asya Kazanci lives with her extended family in Istanbul. Due to a mysterious family curse all the men die by age 41, so it is a house of women, among them her beautiful, rebellious mother, Zeliha, clairvoyant Auntie Banu and bar-brawl widow, Auntie Cevriye. But when Asya's Armenian-American cousin Armanoush comes to stay, long-hidden family secrets and Turkey's turbulent past begin to emerge.
Journal Entry 2 by Beqi at Telephone Box Book Exchange, West Street, Weedon. in Weedon, Northamptonshire United Kingdom on Sunday, January 15, 2023
Released 1 yr ago (1/16/2023 UTC) at Telephone Box Book Exchange, West Street, Weedon. in Weedon, Northamptonshire United Kingdom
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Taking a few books over to the brilliant phone box book exchange at Weedon. Love to share books!
