by Elif Şafak
First published 2017
Peri's handbag is snatched, and an old photo spills out - three young women and their professor. Peri is whisked back to her Oxford days, when she and her friends Shirin and Mona engaged in heated debates about Islam and feminism under the guidance of the charismatic but controversial Professor Azur. As terrorist attacks rock Istanbul, Peri must confront the scandal that tore her world apart.
Genres: fiction, drama, literary-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century, academic
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Istanbul, Oxford
Period: 21st Century
369 pages · Hardcover · Bloomsbury USA