From one of Turkey's most acclaimed and outspoken writers comes a novel about the tangled histories of two families.Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Sherrie FlickThrough her characters Shafak examines how the stories we love and the stories we tell become who we are. Her writing is beautiful and meaningful and will astound you as you find the many ways to claim the story as, also, your own...This is an important book about forgetting, about retelling stories, about denial, about not knowing your past, about knowing your past, and about choosing (again and again) to start over.