Three Daughters of Eve
From Booker-shortlisted Elif Shafak comes a novel that moves between the bustling streets of Istanbul and the dreaming spires of Oxford, weaving faith, friendship and long-buried secrets into something quietly devastating. It begins on an ordinary spring evening. Peri is heading to a glittering dinner party, a world away from the chaos of her youth, when a stolen handbag sets off an avalanche of memory. One jarring moment, and suddenly the past comes flooding back: a turbulent Istanbul childhood, her student years at Oxford, and a provocative professor whose seminars pushed her and two unlikely friends, Shirin and Mona, to question Islam, love, existence and the very idea of God. Then came the scandal that left all three of them changed beyond repair. Over the course of a single fraught night, Peri attempts to reckon with a history she has spent years trying to outrun. Shafak poses the question quietly but insistently: can any of us truly leave behind who we once were? Shirin, Peri and Mona make for an unlikely trio. The Sinner, the Believer and the Confused. Their differences are what bind them, and ultimately what fracture them. It's a trio you won't forget in a hurry. Shafak writes with real emotional intelligence, and this novel is a fine example of her gift for turning personal and political upheaval into intimate, human storytelling.
- Author: Elif Shafak
- Publisher: Penguin
- Genre: Religion & Spirituality
- ISBN: 978-0241978887
- Pages: 384 pages