10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World

Synopsis

Shortlisted for the 2019 booker prize *named a best book of the year by bookpage, npr, washington post, and the economista moving novel on the power of friendship in our darkest times, from internationally renowned writer elif shafak, author of the island of missing trees, a reese's book club pick. In the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside istanbul, tequila leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but her brain is still active-for 10 minutes 38 seconds.