The Bastard of Istanbul

Synopsis

A “vivid and entertaining” (chicago tribune) tale about the tangled history of two families, from the author of the island of missing trees (a reese's book club pick) "zesty, imaginative. A turkish version of amy tan's the joy luck club. " —usa today as an armenian american living in san francisco, armanoush feels like part of her identity is missing and that she must make a journey back to the past, to turkey, in order to start living her life. Asya is a nineteen-year-old woman living in an extended all-female household in istanbul who loves jonny cash and the french existentialists.