false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205270289m/1737114.jpg 1737114 11 Powerful, emotional, and beautifully written, Alan Drew&#8217;s stunning first novel brings to life two unforgettable families&#8211;one Kurdish, one American&#8211;and the sacrifice and love that bind them together.<br><br>In a small town outside Istanbul,<i> </i>Sinan Basioglu, a devout Muslim, and his wife, Nilüfer, are preparing for their nine-year-old son&#8217;s coming-of-age ceremony. Their headstrong fifteen-year-old daughter, &#304;rem, resents the attention her brother, Ismail, receives from their parents. For her, there was no such festive observance&#8211;only the wrapping of her head in a dark scarf and strict rules that keep her hidden away from boys and her friends. But even before the night of the celebration, &#304;rem has started to change, to the dismay of her Kurdish father. What Sinan doesn&#8217;t know is that much of her transformation is due to her secret relationship with their neighbor, Dylan, the seventeen-year-old American son of expatriate teachers.<br><br>&#304;rem sees Dylan as the gateway to a new life, one that will free her from the confines of conservative Islam. Yet the young man&#8217;s presence and Sinan&#8217;s growing awareness of their relationship affirms Sinan&#8217;s wish to move his family to the safety of his old village, a place where his children would be sheltered from the cosmopolitan temptations of Istanbul, and where, as the civil war in the south wanes, he hopes to raise his children in the Kurdish tradition.<br><br>But when a massive earthquake hits in the middle of the night, the Basioglu family is faced with greater challenges. Losing everything, they are forced to forage for themselves, living as refugees in their own country. And their survival becomes dependent on their American neighbors, to whom they are unnervingly indebted. As love develops between &#304;rem and Dylan, Sinan makes a series of increasingly dangerous decisions that push him toward a betrayal that will change everyone&#8217;s lives forever.<br><br>The deep bonds among father, son, and daughter; the tension between honoring tradition and embracing personal freedom; the conflict between cultures and faiths; the regrets of age and the passions of youth&#8211;these are the timeless themes Alan Drew weaves into a brilliant fiction debut. 1734665 5 2 2008 Gardens of Water: A Novel total:310|5:46|4:138|3:107|2:16|1:3| 310 1138 591 108 1737114 1400066875 9781400066872 296 107 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205270289m/1737114.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1737114.Gardens_of_Water_A_Novel 3 1 false Wed Oct 22 14:26:46 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 27 15:34:11 -0700 2008 Gardens of Water, is the first book that was written by Alan Drew, who was born and raised in California and has traveled all around the world. Drew attended the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has a master of fine arts degree. This book is about a girl, Irem, and her family, living in ...more...]]> 1737114 1400066875 9781400066872 296 107 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205270289m/1737114.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1737114.Gardens_of_Water_A_Novel 4 1 false Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 05 11:09:44 -0700 2008 Fri Oct 03 13:03:17 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1737114 1400066875 9781400066872 296 107 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205270289m/1737114.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1737114.Gardens_of_Water_A_Novel 3 1 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 10:45:58 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 05 12:40:45 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1737114 1400066875 9781400066872 296 107 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205270289m/1737114.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1737114.Gardens_of_Water_A_Novel 1 0 false Tue Jul 28 20:06:01 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 10:12:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1737114 1400066875 9781400066872 296 107 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205270289m/1737114.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1737114.Gardens_of_Water_A_Novel 3 0 false Wed Feb 11 20:29:20 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 20:41:34 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1737114 1400066875 9781400066872 296 107 3.67 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1205270289m/1737114.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1737114.Gardens_of_Water_A_Novel 4 0 false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 10:40:19 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 07:23:16 -0700 2009
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