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Turkish Wedding: Once There Was, Once There Wasn't Paperback – May 5, 2008

by Judith Reynolds Brown (Author)

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Anne, being in love with a Turkish man whom she has met while he is studying in the U.S., decides before she marries him to go home to Turkey with him to see if she can live happily in his cultural setting. When they arrive at his home in a backwater city of Turkey, her experiment starts off precariously. The young Turkish man, embarrassed to arrive in his hometown with a woman unmarried, has innocently betrayed her by telling his parents they are married. His Sufi Muslim grandfather becomes her mentor, his rebellious adolescent sister becomes her good friend, his mother rejects her, and the man she loves himself learns more of what she hopes for and needs. The decision to actually make this marriage, however, is not easy, and her final decision emerges based on no reasons she could have anticipated.

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269 pages
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English
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PublishAmerica
Publication date

May 5, 2008
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5.98 x 0.61 x 9.02 inches
ISBN-10

1605630624
ISBN-13

978-1605630625
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ PublishAmerica; First Paperback Edition (May 5, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 269 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1605630624
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1605630625
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.3 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.61 x 9.02 inches

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Love2read

A very realistic and intimate description of life in a Turkish village during the 1960's.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 17, 2013

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I loved this book. I was married to a Turkish man and lived in Turkey for 6 years during the time period of the book. Many of the experiences that Anne went through were so familiar to me and rang true. I also am interested in Sufi mysticism and found her introduction of many Sufi ideas into the story fascinating. I did not give it 5 stars because at times the writing was a bit amateurish, but still interesting. The author covered many topics. I think the book gives a good description of life in Turkey during the 60's for a foreign bride in a small town.

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Doris Bayburt

Turkish Wedding: Once There Was, Once There Wasn't

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 23, 2009

If you want a good story with a challenge to think, feel and philosophize on what really matters in life, this is the book for you.

Only an American who has lived an extended time absorbing the Turkish culture with all its strengths and shortcomings could have written this story. It is so much more than a beautiful love story...although it certainly is that. It explores with deep thought and emotion the power and limitations when two cultures meet and respectfully embrace.

Any reader whose life has been touched by an alien way of life in whatever part of the world will find reading Turkish Wedding thought provoking and rewarding. And what American has not been so challenged, either in his own life or in the generations that passed life down to him?

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Jessica Bonsell

Harika kitabı - Great book!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 9, 2015

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I originally wrote this review on Goodreads and I am copy and pasting here.

This is a truly wonderful book (bu kitabı çok güzel!). Setting it in the early sixties made for some nice contrasts between Turkish and U.S culture and politics, not to mention social ones. I am not Turkish (I'm Australian) but I know a little about the country and language. You could tell the author had lived there; she seemed very well informed about the subtleties of the culture and that was great. It gave the prose a lot of authenticity. Whilst I was disappointed there were no diacritics in the written Turkish words (for example, içli köfte was written ichli koefte), I recognised a lot of them. I had to laugh when Orhan told Anne not to use the word 'sick' in Turkey... (the word 'sik' in Turkish is a swear word, equivalent to our f-word haha....).

The book was more than just a love story/cross-cultural relationship. It was about a strong American woman of the sixties, an intellectual woman with ideas, embracing a new "dünya" (world) and finding her niche in it; a Turkey that was on the pinnacle of technological change whilst still holding onto the values and traditions of the past. It was wonderful watching Anne's journey and the friends she made along the way.

I feel as though I need to add Gaziantep to my travel bucket list. If you are interested in Turkish culture, I definitely recommend this book! Bu kitabı seviyorum :)

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