The book centres on a wealthy, middle-aged housewife, her childhood in Istanbul and her time as a student at Oxford University where she fell in love with a philosophy professor. In many places, the book was recalled and retitled Confused Quest. And finally, to the scandal that tore them all apart. Three Daughters of Eve is a 2016 novel by Turkish writer Elif Safak. To her home with her two best friends, Shirin and Mona, and their arguments about Islam and femininity. To her dazzling, rebellious Professor and his life-changing course on God. Bloomsbury, 27 (384p) ISBN 978-1-63286-995-1 Shafak’s ambitious novel (after The Architect’s Apprentice) follows Peri Nalbantoglu, namely. The photograph takes Peri back to Oxford University, as an eighteen year old sent abroad for the first time. BUY THIS BOOK Three Daughters of Eve Elif Shafak. A relic from a past - and a love - Peri had tried desperately to forget. As she wrestles to get it back, a photograph falls to the ground - an old polaroid of three young women and their university professor. Peri, a wealthy Turkish housewife, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion in Istanbul when a beggar snatches her handbag. Set across Istanbul and Oxford, from the 1980s to the present day, Three Daughters of Eve is a sweeping tale of faith and friendship, tradition and modernity, love and an unexpected betrayal. 'A fascinating exploration of faith and friendship, rich and poor, and the devastating clash of tradition and modernity' Independent *As mentioned on BBC's Desert Island Discs*
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