Gardens of Water Author:Alan Drew Gardens of Water is an enthralling story of two families, and two faiths, in Turkey at the time of the cataclysm of 1999. — It tells of Sinan, whose daughter, Irem, dreams of escaping the confines of her family and the duties of a devout Muslim woman. She sees in Dylan, an American boy and her upstairs neighbor, the enticing promise of ano... more »ther life. But then a massive earthquake forces Sinan and his family to live as refugees in their own country and leads to a dangerous intimacy with their American neighbors, as Irem and Dylan fall in love. When Sinan finds himself entangled in a series of increasingly dangerous decisions, he will be pushed toward a final betrayal that will change everyone's lives forever.
Powerful and beautifully written, Alan Drew's Gardens of Water marks the debut of a brilliant new American writer.« less