an honor killing shatters and transforms the lives of turkish immigrants in 1970s londoninternationally bestselling turkish author elif shafaks new novel is a dramatic tale of families love and misunderstandings that follows the destinies of twin sisters born in a kurdish village while jamila stays to become a midwife pembe follows her turkish husband adem to london where they hope to make new lives for themselves and their childrenin london they face a choice stay loyal to the old traditions or try their best to fit in after adem abandons his family iskender the eldest son must step in and become the one who will not let any shame come to the family name and when pembe begins a chaste affair with a man named elias iskender will discover that you could love someone with all your heart and yet be ready to hurt themjust published to great acclaim in england honor is a powerful gripping exploration of guilt and innocence loyalty and betrayal and the trials of the immigrant as well as the love and heartbreak that too often tear families apart