![]() It’s remarkably energetic on the page, and combined with Samanci’s appealing, reflective voice, offers a perfectly satisfying memoir reading experience: not just the story of someone’s life, but the chance to see the world through someone else’s eyes. " a gifted cartoonist with an innate sense of pacing and a seemingly inexhaustible well of ideas for presenting information-the book bursts with maps, diagrams, pasted-in leaves, doodles, and ink stamps. at once emotionally fragile and strong, poignant and wry, heartfelt and ultimately optimistic." - Los Angeles Review of Books among talents is knowing how to make even a harsh story take flight." - The New York Times Book Review Her autobiographical graphic novel Dare to Disappoint (Farrar Straus Giroux, 2015) received international press attention and translated to five languages. But for all its seriousness, the book never seems heavy. ![]() She tried to hear her own voice over his and the religious and militaristic tensions of Turkey and the conflicts between secularism. Her dad expected Ozge, like her sister, to become an engineer. ![]() She tried to hear her own voice over his and the religious and militaristic tensions of Turkey and the conflicts between secularism and fundamentalism. "As she recounts her event-filled, danger-filled childhood, Samanci manages to convey centuries of Turkey’s history as well as the political and cultural upheavals that have marked recent decades there. Growing up on the Aegean Coast, Ozge loved the sea and imagined a life of adventure while her parents and society demanded predictability. Growing up on the Aegean Coast, Ozge loved the sea and imagined a life of adventure while her parents and society demanded predictability. ![]() "A bright, perceptive bildungsroman with a distinctive setting." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ![]()
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