An Armenian family, a Turkish family, United States, Turkey, past and present and the unspoken atrocities of what was done… « The Bastard of Istanbul » is not a light, entertaining reading. I have enormous admiration for the unbiased way Shafak tells us the story with love and respect to all concerned.

This book has been on my TBR list for a while, but I’ve not had time to find it in Turkish to read it (assuming that that was the original, as it’s set there and she is Turkish, although I see that she often works with a Turkish translator on her books like Usta ve Ben, which was apparently written in English).
sorry: Ustam ve Ben