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A review by lizaroo71
Honor by Elif Shafak
3.0
The Toprak family travels from Istanbul to London. Once settled there, Adem and Pembe realize they do not have much love for one another. The three children, Iskender, Esme and Yunus know little of what happens between their parents, they only know the fall out: Adem's gambling results in huge losses of income. Adem abandons his family lured in by an exotic dancer. Pembe is left to fend on her own in a world that she longs to embrace, but remains hesitant to fully comprehend.
Pembe befriends a man that begins to love her in a way Adem never has. A whole new life awaits Pembe. But soon the "affair" is discovered and Iskender must defend his family's honor. He kills his mother and goes to prison for it.
The fall out of his actions is chronicled from all sides in chapters that alternate between past and present filling in all of the pieces of the puzzle.
Definitely not an easy read, but one that gives understanding to an insular culture and how transplanting that culture to a new country leads to fear and misunderstanding.
Pembe befriends a man that begins to love her in a way Adem never has. A whole new life awaits Pembe. But soon the "affair" is discovered and Iskender must defend his family's honor. He kills his mother and goes to prison for it.
The fall out of his actions is chronicled from all sides in chapters that alternate between past and present filling in all of the pieces of the puzzle.
Definitely not an easy read, but one that gives understanding to an insular culture and how transplanting that culture to a new country leads to fear and misunderstanding.