As the Red Carnation Fades — Feyza Hepçilingirler

I believe that what I m doing is right Let people think whatever they want What if I d given myself over to the life of a housewife Hadn t I worked for years and endured countless challenges to secure a place for myself and be independent And just when I achieved all that what was I supposed to do surrender In the aftermath of Turkey s 1980 military coup Sibel a lecturer in the Aegean city of Izmir finds herself caught in a web of intrigues and interrogations deemed objectionable for supposedly harboring leftist sympathies Sibel is reassigned to a university on the far flung Black Sea coast and she takes up the post leaving Izmir and her family behind This bold move will lead her to another even braver decision Written by award winning author Feyza Hepçilingirler As the red Carnation Fades tells the story of Sibel s struggle to come to terms with herself as a wife mother and teacher The novel seamlessly interweaves stream of consciousness childhood memories and dark comedy as it depicts the byzantine machinations of martial law and the conflicted internal journey of a woman who finds her strength as she takes the path of resitance and independence