The sandcastle girls

beautifully written book about a tragedy I'd not known about previously. However, I would have preferred it to stick with one story for longer, without taking as many sidetracks. In one part of the book the author even seems slightly worked about this, as he asks us to be patient with what he promises will be his last time to digress. Overall, though, perhaps in part because I was in Istanbul last year and am interested in Turkey and in history, I found it interesting and well-done.