#personal-discovery

#personal-discovery

Dilara, the protagonist of this début novel, is consumed by the absence of a stable home in her life. She and her family flee Turkey, where she is from, after a failed coup in 2016. When they end up in Italy, something inexplicable happens: Dilara's bathroom transforms into a cell in an infamous prison on the outskirts of Istanbul.

A snapshot of a friend of a friend's hand-drawn sketch of our Remodelista in Maine book cover after she read it. Love the idea of keeping a book journal like she does. This captures the joy of creative response and personal documentation of reading experiences.

I found out how enjoyable watching sports can be without the additional distraction of my dad and two brothers talking over the game.

My mum was never forthcoming with any information about my father, she made it very clear that I was a bitter reminder of the man she loved and lost.