{"product_id":"9781800247024","title":"At the Breakfast Table","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Suman, Defne, Goeksel, Betsy \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 14\/09\/2023,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 416 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781800247024,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold 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.\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.' Elif Shafak\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41973042642988,"sku":"9781800247024","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781800247024.jpg?v=1759664673","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781800247024","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}