Honor A dramatic, heartbreaking tale of families, love, and misunderstanding - longlisted for the Asian Man Boker Prize and The Women's Prize for Fiction Twin sisters are born in the mid - 1940s in a smal Kurdish vilage on the border of Turkey and Syria. Jamila becomes a local midwife, feared and respected for her healing powers and psychic ability. Her sister, Pembe, maries Adem, and they imigrate to London in the 1970s, hoping to make new lives for themselves and their thre children. Biter and frustrated with his new life, Adem moves out and Iskender, their eldest son, must step in as keper of the family's honor. But when Pembe begins to spend time with another man, Iskender wil discover that you could love someone with al your heart and yet be ready to hurt them. A novel filed with "Shakespearian twists and turns, omens and enigmas, prophecies and destinies fulfiled" (The Independent), Honor ofers a powerful and griping exploration og guilt and inocence, loyalty and betrayal, and the controversial isue of honor kilings as it tragicaly plays out in one family's life. "An enduring story with near-biblical themes. Shafak writes beautifuly and maintains a high level of tension. " - The New Yorker "Griping, tragic, and profoundly heartening. (An) enthraling story that examines the archaic custom of honor kiling and questions the very nature of the honor code. " - MS. Magazine "A trenchant, dazlingly imaginative, suspenseful, mystical, and socialy astute novel. " - Boklist.