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The Girl in the Tree
- Narrated by: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From an award-winning Turkish novelist comes a powerful English-language debut about a girl’s coming of age amid violent unrest - and her unexpected escape.
A young woman climbs the tallest tree in Istanbul’s centuries-old Gülhane Park, determined to live out the rest of her days there. Perched in an abandoned stork’s nest in a sanctuary of branches and leaves, she tries to make sense of the rising tide of violence in the world below. Torn between the desire to forget all that has happened and the need to remember, her story, and the stories of those around her, begins to unfold.
Then, unexpectedly, comes a soul mate with a shared destiny. A lonely boy working at a nearby hotel looks up and falls in love. The two share stories of the fates of their families, of a changing city, and of their political awakenings in the Gezi Park protests. Together, they navigate their histories of love and loss, set against a backdrop of societal tension leading up to the tragic bombing that marked a turn in Turkey’s democracy - and sent a young girl fleeing into the trees.
Narrated by one of the most unforgettable characters in contemporary fiction - as full of audacious humor and irony as she is of rage and grief - this unsparing and poetic novel of political madness, precarious dreams, and the will to survive brilliantly captures a girl’s road to defiance in a world turned upside down, in which it is only from the treetops that she can find a grip on reality - and the promise of hope.
Critic Reviews
“If this incredible story wasn’t enough, Soneela Nankani…captures the protagonist’s voice perfectly.” --Book Riot
“Inventive, emotional…a wrenching account of a young woman doing her best to escape the violence of her society.” --Publishers Weekly