"Draws one into the disparate worlds of traditional and modern Turkey . . . illuminates not only the plight of women but also a society in conflict." —Barbara Goldsmith, bestselling authorFifteen-year-old Meryem lives in a rural village in Eastern Anatolia, Turkey. Her simple, conventional way of life changes dramatically after her uncle, a sheikh in a dervish order, rapes her—and condemns her to death for shaming the family. Asked to carry out the "honor killing" ...