A Coup - (A Turkish Trilogy) by Phyllis M Skoy (Paperback)

About the Book

Two young women are ensnared in the vortex of Turkey's most recent attempted coup. One is a struggling journalist; the other is grappling with a decision that will forever change her life.

Book Synopsis

From the award-winning author of What Survives and As They Are, comes another literary novel of women empowering each other.

It is the evening of July 15, 2016. Nuray Demir, a journalist, steps off the tram in Istanbul to visit her friend, Adalet Ulusoy. Gun shots burst out nearby, and chaos breaks loose in the streets before her eyes. Soldiers are dispersing everywhere. Nuray runs to investigate and crosses paths with the wrong soldier.

Adalet struggles with a long-distance relationship that has gone on for several years. He is Jewish, and she is Muslim. He lives in New York, and she lives in Istanbul. He would marry her in a heartbeat, but she is too emotionally tied to Turkey to make that commitment.

These two women, each in completely different circumstances, are both caught up in a vortex of change. Will they learn to navigate and overcome this new reality? Or will they find a way to safely leave it behind?

Review Quotes

"In A Coup, Phyllis M Skoy brings to life characters living in the outbreak of the most recent attempted coup in Turkey; this book crackles with suspense while the writing itself is to be enjoyed and savored." -Thomas Ogden, author of This Will Do . . .

"...fearlessly-written novel based on the 2016 Turkish coup attempt. A lovely and illuminating read." -Joan Schweighardt, author of the Rivers trilogy

"An intriguing, at times harrowing but ultimately uplifting novel about a young Turkish woman who publishes a magazine for women in the dictator Erdogan's Turkey." -Damian McNicholl, author of A Son Called Gabriel