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    Three Daughters of Eve is a novel by Elif Shafak that explores issues of identity, politics, religion, and women. It tells the story of Peri, a young Turkish woman who befriends two other Muslim girls with different backgrounds - Shirin, an atheist Iranian, and Mona, an Egyptian-American who wears a headscarf. Peri's life changes when she falls in love with a controversial professor who teaches about God, but it leads to an unexpected twist and dark secret she must carry for years. Through Peri's story in modern Istanbul, the novel examines contemporary Turkish society and problems it hides within.

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    Three Daughters of Eve is a novel by Elif Shafak that explores issues of identity, politics, religion, and women. It tells the story of Peri, a young Turkish woman who befriends two other Muslim girls with different backgrounds - Shirin, an atheist Iranian, and Mona, an Egyptian-American who wears a headscarf. Peri's life changes when she falls in love with a controversial professor who teaches about God, but it leads to an unexpected twist and dark secret she must carry for years. Through Peri's story in modern Istanbul, the novel examines contemporary Turkish society and problems it hides within.

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    Three Daughters of Eve is a novel by Elif Shafak that explores issues of identity, politics, religion, and women. It tells the story of Peri, a young Turkish woman who befriends two other Muslim girls with different backgrounds - Shirin, an atheist Iranian, and Mona, an Egyptian-American who wears a headscarf. Peri's life changes when she falls in love with a controversial professor who teaches about God, but it leads to an unexpected twist and dark secret she must carry for years. Through Peri's story in modern Istanbul, the novel examines contemporary Turkish society and problems it hides within.

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    Three Daughters of Eve

    BOOK
    FICTION
    UK Viking (Ed. Venetia Butterfield)
    US Bloomsbury Publishing
    Oct 2016

    By Elif Shafak
    BOOKS Jonny Geller, +44 (0)20 7393 4357, gelleroffice@curtisbrown.co.uk
    TRANSLATION RIGHTS Daisy Meyrick, +44 (0)20 7393 4425, daisy@curtisbrown.co.uk
    TRANSLATION RIGHTS Roxane Edouard, +44 (0)20 7393 4491, roxane@curtisbrown.co.uk

    In her new novel, one of Turkey's leading literary voices explores some of the most urgent and
    universal issues in today's world.

    This is a story about identity, politics, religion, women and God. It is the story of Peri, a young
    Turkish woman who grows up observing the clash between her father's lonely secularism and her
    mother's Islamic religiosity. Peri earns a scholarship from Oxford University and arrives in England.
    She becomes friends with the charming Shirin, an atheist Iranian girl, and Mona, a headscarved
    Egyptian-American. It is an unlikely friendship among three very different girls from Muslim
    backgrounds. Shirin, “the sinner”, Mona, “the believer”, and Peri, “the Confused.”

    Peri's life changes dramatically when she meets the charismatic but controversial Professor Azur
    who teaches about God. Peri falls in love but it is a love that will only bring an unexpected twist and
    a dark secret that she will have to carry for many years to come. By observing Peri's life in
    contemporary Istanbul, Shafak takes a close look at Turkey today and reveals the problems that
    Turkish society hides within.

    This courageous, rich and ambitious novel will resonate with many readers all around the world
    and raise important discussions.

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