Description: The Turk and My Mother by Mary Helen Stefaniak Winner of the John Gardner Fiction Book Award "Fans of Amy Tan and Carol Shields will revel in the themes of remembrance, forgiveness, family devotion, and forbidden love." —Booklist FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Every family has its secrets. But toward the end of his life, George decides to tell his daughter the story of his mother and the Turk. This initial revelation leads to a narrative tour de force that follows a family through four generations and around the world—through love, marriage, and betrayal, through illness, death, and war. Mary Helen Stefaniaks charming and flawed characters and the warmth of her prose will stay with readers long after they close the book. Reading group guide included. Author Biography Mary Helen Stefaniak is the prize-winning author of The Turk and My Mother, Self Storage and Other Stories, and The Cailiffs of Baghdad, Georgia. She lives in Omaha and Iowa City. Review "Evokes a loving nostalgia for a closeness now lost." -- Chicago Tribune"Stefaniaks easy familiarity with the vernacular idioms of the old country and the new, and her respectful, zestful ear for different voices, create a world…at once magical and grounded in reality." -- Publishers Weekly"The Turk and My Mother reinvents the family saga and the art of storytelling as we know it." -- Lan Samantha Chang, author of Inheritance"In this magical book, life and love triumph over loss and pain, and a big new literary talent arrives. For Stefaniak, as for Alice Hoffman, we come to recognize that we are all immigrants in the territory of the human heart, following the thread of love through the labyrinth that takes us home—a journey across continents and history that is hilarious, heart-breaking, and deeply touching." -- Jonis Agee, author of Acts of Love on Indigo Road"The Turk and My Mother sparkles with originality, humor and insight. Mary Helen Stefaniak has a true gift for making the ordinary feel magical and the exotic feel hauntingly familiar. I love this novel!" -- Eilzabeth Stuckey-French, author of Mermaids on the Moon Review Quote "The Turk and My Mother sparkles with originality, humor and insight. Mary Helen Stefaniak has a true gift for making the ordinary feel magical and the exotic feel hauntingly familiar. I love this novel!" Details ISBN0393326993 Author Mary Helen Stefaniak Language English ISBN-10 0393326993 ISBN-13 9780393326994 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY FIC Year 2005 Affiliation Creighton University Short Title TURK & MY MOTHER REV/E Edition Description Revised DOI 10.1604/9780393326994 UK Release Date 2005-08-12 Imprint WW Norton & Co Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2005-08-12 NZ Release Date 2005-08-12 US Release Date 2005-08-12 Subtitle A Novel Pages 338 Publisher WW Norton & Co Publication Date 2005-08-12 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:7256210;
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