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Istanbul Dreaming
- Author
- Denise Derya Brandt
- Narrator
- Suehyla El-Attar Young
- Publisher
- Lantern Audio
- Publish Date
- 29 September 2026
- Run Time
- 9 hours 49 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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- Author
- Denise Derya Brandt
- Narrator
- Suehyla El-Attar Young
- Duration
- 9 hours 49 minutes
- Release Date
- 29 September 2026
- ISBN
- 9781971980492
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Lantern Audio
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Fiction: literary and general non-genre
Synopsis
In 1950s Turkey, against the backdrop of the social and political unrest that will culminate in Turkey's 1960 military coup d'état, a dutiful daughter is torn between family expectations and her dream of becoming a modern Turkish woman. One night, seventeen-year-old Ayten sneaks away to Istanbul for a night of dancing with her best friend. When her father discovers her rebellion, he forces her into an arranged religious marriage to a distant relative who bullied her as a child. Initially, Ayten resigns herself to her fate—but after her husband sexually assaults her on their wedding night, she flees him and her family for haven in Istanbul. Living with friends and working as a seamstress at her friend's boutique, Ayten tries to rebuild her life. Then she meets Earl, an American airman, and they begin to fall in love—but as their connection deepens, secrets and her past threaten to upend all she's built. Torn between her family and a future with Earl, Ayten must decide what she's willing to sacrifice for freedom and forbidden love.
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