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10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world / by Elif Shafak.

10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world / by Elif Shafak.
10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world /
'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But they did not shut down. Not right away...' Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Tequila Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory- growing up with her father and his two wives in a grand old house in a quiet Turkish town; watching the women gossip and wax their legs while the men went to mosque; sneaking cigarettes and Western magazines on her way home from school; running away to Istanbul to escape an unwelcome marriage; falling in love with a student who seeks shelter from a riot in the brothel where she works. Most importantly, each memory reminds Leila of the five friends she met along the way - the friends who are now desperately trying to find her.

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Adult Fiction   Port Macquarie . Available .  
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Adult Fiction   Port Macquarie . Available .  
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Adult Fiction   Kempsey . Available .  
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Record Number 616230
ISBN 9780241293874
0241293871
9780241293867
0241293863
Author Shafak, Elif
Title 10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world / by Elif Shafak.
Alternative title Ten minutes thirty-eight seconds in this strange world
Publication details London : Viking, 2019.
Pagination etc. 311 pages : illustration, map ; 24 cm.
Summary Note 'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But they did not shut down. Not right away...' Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Tequila Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory- growing up with her father and his two wives in a grand old house in a quiet Turkish town; watching the women gossip and wax their legs while the men went to mosque; sneaking cigarettes and Western magazines on her way home from school; running away to Istanbul to escape an unwelcome marriage; falling in love with a student who seeks shelter from a riot in the brothel where she works. Most importantly, each memory reminds Leila of the five friends she met along the way - the friends who are now desperately trying to find her.
Subject General fiction
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