Turkish women roam European cities, some by choice, and others by
kismet, in the 23 short stories in this collection. From the lustful
tourist escaping the realities of her own world and the abandoned wife
writing to the consulate in complaint of her husband, to the young au
pair wandering the streets of London and the migrant worker in Berlin
toiling at a factory, the women are heroines in their own right. The
stories they command reveal varying experiences outside of their ethnic
homeland--with differing results--and each provides insight into a
unique and complex perspective of Europe.