Summer Heat
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Melike has it all: a beautiful home in Istanbul, a career as an art historian, an attentive husband. But her yearning for more excitement has led her surreptitiously into the arms of other men. On the cusp of her fortieth birthday, Melike is resolute: the affairs must stop. Then she receives a mysterious email from a man named Petros, requesting a tour of Istanbul’s Byzantine churches. Against her better judgement, she accepts. As soon as she sees Petros, with his endearing smile and impeccable charm, Melike knows she is in deep trouble.
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'Vivid, evocative and tender.' Elif Shafak
'In our family, secrets were buried deep like treasure, never to be spoken of...'
1974. Melike should be happy: school is shut and her parents have stopped hosting parties for their rowdy political friends. But she's scared. She can tell from her parents' urgent whispers about prison, invasion and military coups that Istanbul is changing. So when the family relocate to a quaint village in the south, Melike is hopeful life might get better. And for a while, it does. But then her beloved father disappears...
2003. Nearly three decades have passed, and Melike has done her best to move on. But despite her successful career as an art historian and a husband who adores her, she has always felt a lingering discontent. When she meets mysterious - and extremely handsome - stranger Petro, Melike feels her fortunes changing. But Petro isn't who he says he is. And when Melike uncovers his true identity, she also lays bare a lifetime of hidden pasts...
With a backdrop of the Turkish army's occupation of Cyprus in 1974, Summer Heat explores family secrets, tangled identities and one woman's place in her country's devastating history.
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| Weight | 307 g |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 19.6 × 12.8 × 3.2 cm |
| Book_author | Suman, Defne |
| Publisher | Apollo |
| Imprint | Apollo |
| Cover | Paperback |
| Pages | 432 |
| Language | English |
| Edition | 1st paperback ed |
| Dewey | 894.3534 (edition:23) |
| Readership | General – Trade / Code: K |
