Publisher's Synopsis
"Lucy Foley's gorgeous elegant prose and the way she conjures up post war Constantinople makes this a beautiful, evocative and memorable read." LUCINDA RILEY Before the Occupation, Nur's city was a tapestry of treasures: the Grand Bazaar alive with colour; saffron sunsets melting into the black waters of the Bosphorus... Now the shadow of war hangs over the city, and Nur lives for the protection of a young boy with a terrible secret. Carrying the embroideries that have become her livelihood, she avoids the gazes of the Allied soldiers. Survival is everything. When Nur meets George Monroe, a medical officer in the British Army, it is easy to hate him. Yet the lines between enemy and friend grow fainter. She and the boy would both be at risk. Nur knows that she cannot afford to fall in love . . . "An evocative and sensitively written novel about ill-fated love, sacrifice and the violent effects of war." S MAGAZINE"
