Marta Demir, a successful attorney with an international trade
company based in New York City, travels to Istanbul to sort out a
dispute over pasta exportation between Turkey, Italy, and the
United States. On the airplane from New York, Marta's seatmate, an
elderly Greek man named Vasilli Vassilios, shares his story of
exile from Constantinople as a child. He is returning to the land
of his birth in response to a letter informing him of the death of
his brother, whom he has not seen or heard from in over
seventy-five years.
Although she is at first unwilling to involve herself in
Vasilli's problems, it eventually becomes a relief from the pasta
case and Marta is drawn to help her new friend. Their search for
his family leads the pair to visit Buyuk Ada, an island in the
Marmara that is home to many wealthy Turkish and minority families.
There, rather than find information about Vasilli's past, Marta is
shaken to learn that her mother perished shortly after she left the
country. As Vasilli and Marta search throughout Turkey to find
clues to their family secrets, they discover the warmth and beauty
of the Turkish countryside and her people.
General
| Imprint: |
Iuniverse, Inc.
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
November 2009 |
| First published: |
November 2009 |
| Authors: |
Dawn Leger
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 21mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
|
| Pages: |
288 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-4401-6991-5 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General & literary fiction >
Modern fiction
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
1-4401-6991-8 |
| Barcode: |
9781440169915 |
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