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Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
ISBN13:
9780374316983
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As a child in Izmir, Turkey in the 1980 and 90s, Ozge Samanci watched as her country struggled between its traditional religious heritage and the new secular westernized world of brand-name products and television stars. In Ozge's own family, she struggled to figure out the place where she belonged, too. Her older sister was a perfect student, and her dad hoped Ozge would study hard, go to good schools, and become an engineer to find stability in their country's uncertain economic climate. But Ozge was a dreamer and wanted adventure. Could she be a scuba diver like Jacques Costeau? Or should she become a world-famous actress? This touching memoir shows how Ozge dared to overcome both her family and her country's expectations to find happiness by being an artist--
- | Author: Ozge Samanci
- | Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- | Publication Date: November 17, 2015
- | Number of Pages: 200 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0374316988
- | ISBN-13: 9780374316983
- Author:
- Ozge Samanci
- Publisher:
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
- Publication Date:
- November 17, 2015
- Number of pages:
- 200 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0374316988
- ISBN-13:
- 9780374316983