About the Book: At the Breakfast Table
Told from four different perspectives, At the Breakfast Table is a story of
hidden histories and family secrets, from the author of The Silence of
Scheherazade..
Buyukada, Turkey, 2017. In the glow of a late summer morning, family gather for
the 100th birthday of the famous artist Shirin 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 the deep past is something Shirin has spent a lifetime trying to conceal.
Her grandchildren, Nur and Fikret, and great-grandchild, Celine, do not know
what shes hiding, though