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Gardens of Water is an enthralling story of two families, and two faiths, in Turkey at the time of the cataclysm of 1999. She sees in Dylan, an American boy and her upstairs neighbor, the enticing promise of another life.
Powerful and beautifully written, Alan Drew’s Gardens of Water marks the debut of a brilliant new American writer. RHRC: What other books would you recommend for those who enjoyed Gardens of Water?
Powerful and beautifully written, Alan Drew’s Gardens of Water marks the debut of a brilliant new American writer. About Gardens of Water. Powerful, emotional, and beautifully written, Alan Drew’s stunning first novel brings to life two unforgettable families–one Kurdish, one American–and the sacrifice and love that bind them together. In a small town outside Istanbul, Sinan Basioglu, a devout Muslim, and his wife, Nilüfer, are preparing for their nine-year-old son’s coming-of-age ceremony.
This Study Guide consists of approximately 42 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Gardens of Water. Print Word PDF. This section contains 1,141 words (approx. 3 pages at 400 words per page). Gardens of Water" is written from a third-person point of view with specific focus on the thoughts of Sinan and Irem. Each chapter is guided by the actions of either Sinan or Irem, and their inner thoughts are explored by the narrator.
Powerful, emotional, and beautifully written, Alan Drew’s stunning first novel brings to life two unforgettable families–one Kurdish, one American–and the sacrifice and love that bind them together
Powerful, emotional, and beautifully written, Alan Drew’s stunning first novel brings to life two unforgettable families–one Kurdish, one American–and the sacrifice and love that bind them together. Their headstrong fifteen-year-old daughter, İrem, resents the attention her brother, Ismail, receives from their parents
About Gardens of Water
About Gardens of Water.
It wasn’t that she didn’t like it, exactly, but people stared. The boy turned around in the seat, his brown eyes hovering above the backrest, until his father tapped him on the head and turned him around. She watched the backs of their heads, the child’s cantaloupe-shaped, like his father’s, each with a swirl of black hair spinning out of their scalps. She imagined the feel of smail’s hair in her hands, so thick, so coarse like.
Sensitive and thought-provoking, Gardens of Water is set in a perfectly realized Istanbul, a city where traditionalism and modernity grind together like the fragments of a collapsing building.
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