10 MINUTES 38 SECONDS IN THE STRANGE WORLD

A moving novel on the power of friendship in our darkest times, from internationally renowned writer and speaker Elif Sharfak. In the pulsating moments after she has been murdered and left in a dumpster outside Istanbul, Tequila Leila enters a state of highened awareness. Her heart has stopped beating but her brain is still active--for 10 minutes 38 seconds. While the Turkish sun rises and her friends sleep soundly nearby, she remembered her life-and the lives of other. Outcasts like her. #elifshafak #bookish