Three Daughters of Eve
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Elif Shafak
Peri, a wealthy Turkish housewife, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion in Istanbul when a beggar snatches her handbag. As she wrestles to get it back, a photograph falls to the ground - an old polaroid of three young women and their university professor. A relic from a past - and a love - Peri had tried desperately to forget.The photograph takes Peri back to Oxford University, as an eighteen year old sent abroad for the first time. To her dazzling, rebellious Professor and his life-changing course on God. To her home with her two best friends, Shirin and Mona, and their arguments about Islam and femininity. And finally, to the scandal that tore them all apart.
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Author
Elif Shafak
Pages
368
Publisher
Penguin Books Limited
Published Date
2016-10-27
ISBN
0241980690 9780241980699
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"One of my new favorite novels. Intensely thought provoking and philosophical in a way that makes you ponder every question posed and point made. Wildly funny and sarcastic at times, with the biting contradictions and complications that one feels towards themselves, their homeland, and their idea of faith. Relatable and raw, with a witty and wise voice that enters your mind, but stays in your heart. A must read! "