![]() ![]() It’s remarkably energetic on the page, and combined with Samanci’s appealing, reflective voice, offers a perfectly satisfying memoir reading experience: not just the story of someone’s life, but the chance to see the world through someone else’s eyes. ![]() ![]() Her dad expected Ozge, like her sister, to become an engineer. Growing up on the Aegean Coast, Ozge loved the sea and imagined a life of adventure while her parents and society demanded predictability. " a gifted cartoonist with an innate sense of pacing and a seemingly inexhaustible well of ideas for presenting information-the book bursts with maps, diagrams, pasted-in leaves, doodles, and ink stamps. 4.3 21 Ratings 12.99 12.99 Publisher Description. at once emotionally fragile and strong, poignant and wry, heartfelt and ultimately optimistic." - Los Angeles Review of Books among talents is knowing how to make even a harsh story take flight." - The New York Times Book Review But for all its seriousness, the book never seems heavy. "As she recounts her event-filled, danger-filled childhood, Samanci manages to convey centuries of Turkey’s history as well as the political and cultural upheavals that have marked recent decades there. "A bright, perceptive bildungsroman with a distinctive setting." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ![]()
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