{"product_id":"9781800247017","title":"At the Breakfast Table","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTold from four different perspectives, \u003ci\u003eAt the Breakfast Table\u003c\/i\u003e is a story of hidden histories and family secrets, from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Silence of Scheherazade\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrinkipo Island, Turkey, 2017. In the glow of a late summer morning, family gather for the 100th birthday of the famous artist Sirin Saka. It ought to be a time of fond reminiscence, looking back on a long and fruitful artistic career, on memories spanning almost a century, but also of an era when imperial forces fought over her homeland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the deep past is something Sirin has spent a lifetime trying to conceal. Her grandchildren, Nur and Fikret, and great grandchild, Selin, do not know what Sirin is hiding, though they are intimately aware of the secret's psychological consequences. The siblings invite family friend and investigative journalist Burak along to interview Sirin for his weekly column in celebration of her 100th year. They hope he will help unravel the family secrets and persuade her to talk. Sirin's life-long servant, Sadik, is determined to do all he can to protect the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually Sirin begins to express her pain the only way she knows how. She paints the story onto her dining room wall, revealing a history wiped from public consciousness and the cause of her family's anguish that has sat, ruinous, in their subconscious for generations.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Defne Suman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US) \/ Head of Zeus \/ 2023-02-01","offer_id":43680839008511,"sku":"9781800247017","price":29.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/products\/BNCImageAPI_86b96c2a-4b22-4202-aba0-1537c1810549.jpg?v=1674915913","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781800247017","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}