{"product_id":"at-the-breakfast-table","title":"Defne Suman: At the Breakfast Table [2022] paperback","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\u003eBuyukada, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut 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 she's hiding, though they are intimately aware of the secret's psychological consequences. The siblings invite family friend and investigative journalist Burak along to interview Shirin - in celebration of her centenary, and also in the hope of persuading her to open up.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEventually Shirin begins to express her pain the only way she knows how. She paints a story onto her dining room wall, revealing a history wiped from public consciousness and generations of her family's history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Fiercely intelligent, finely textured and achingly beautiful.' \u003cb\u003eElif Shafak\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Suman, Defne \u0026 Goeksel, Betsy","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":44091872706850,"sku":"9781800247017","price":20.8,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/suman-defne-goeksel-betsy-defne-suman-at-the-breakfast-table-2022-paperback-9781800247017-58540706038099.jpg?v=1727862430","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/at-the-breakfast-table","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}