Three Daughters of Eve

Istanbul and Oxford sit on either side of this novel, and the woman moving between them is still arguing with a friendship that ended badly. Three Daughters of Eve follows Peri from a divided childhood home into a university where faith, doubt and politics are debated rather than assumed, then back to an affluent present she finds hollow. Elif Shafak alternates timelines and sets three friends of very different convictions against one another, using their disagreements to open questions about belief, class and belonging in modern Turkey. Features of this copy: • A narrative alternating between present-day Istanbul and student years at Oxford • Three friends holding sharply different positions on faith and doubt • Family, class and Turkish social divisions drawn in close detail • The lyrical English prose Shafak is known for A strong choice for book-club readers and anyone drawn to literary fiction about belief and identity, published by Penguin Publications and offered by Boipoka.