02845cam a2200325 4500 534751306 TxAuBib 20210918120000.0 ||||||s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781635574487 163557448X B07WSPK7D5 Amazon 01aae3d3-b7ca-45ff-bb11-567ab987a78f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 4953209 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Shafak, Elif. 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World [Libby eBook]. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 5096kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<b>Shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize</b><br /> <b>Named a Best Book of the Year by <i>Bookpage, NPR, Washington Post,</i> and <i>The Economist</i><br /></b><b>A moving novel on the power of friendship in our darkest times, from internationally renowned writer and speaker Elif Shafak.</b><br /> <br /> In the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of heightened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but her brain is still active-for 10 minutes 38 seconds. While the Turkish sun rises and her friends sleep soundly nearby, she remembers her life-and the lives of others, outcasts like her.<br /> Tequila Leila's memories bring us back to her childhood in the provinces, a highly oppressive milieu with religion and traditions, shaped by a polygamous family with two mothers and an increasingly authoritarian father. Escaping to Istanbul, Leila makes her way into the sordid industry of sex trafficking, finding a home in the city's historic Street of Brothels. This is a dark, violent world, but Leila is tough and open to beauty, light, and the essential bonds of friendship.<br /> In Tequila Leila's death, the secrets and wonders of modern Istanbul come to life, painted vividly by the captivating tales of how Leila came to know and be loved by her friends. As her epic journey to the afterlife comes to an end, it is her chosen family who brings her story to a buoyant and breathtaking conclusion.<br />. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-16 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=01aae3d3-b7ca-45ff-bb11-567ab987a78f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=01aae3d3-b7ca-45ff-bb11-567ab987a78f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=01aae3d3-b7ca-45ff-bb11-567ab987a78f&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXGID