Dare to Disappoint
Growing Up in Turkey
Farrar Straus & Giroux · Print & ebook · November 17, 2015
Growing up on the Aegean Coast, Ozge loved the sea and imagined a life of adventure while her parents and society demanded predictability.
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- Who it’s for
- An inventive, funny graphic memoir about finding your own voice amid family expectations and political tensions.
- Themes
- Family and social expectations, Finding one's own voice, Secularism and fundamentalism in Turkey
- Genres
- Graphic Biography, Graphic Social Topics, Middle East for Teens
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Growing up on the Aegean Coast, Ozge loved the sea and imagined a life of adventure while her parents and society demanded predictability. Her dad expected Ozge, like her sister, to become an engineer. She tried to hear her own voice over his and the religious and militaristic tensions of Turkey and the conflicts between secularism and fundamentalism. Could she be a scuba diver like Jacques Cousteau? A stage actress? Would it be possible to please everyone including herself?
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In her unpredictable and funny graphic memoir, Ozge recounts her story using inventive collages, weaving together images of the sea, politics, science, and friendship.
Between Sea and Self
An inventive, funny graphic memoir about finding your own voice amid family expectations and political tensions.
Come here for
- A personal story shaped by the sea, politics, science, and friendship
- The push and pull between pleasing family and listening to yourself
Expect
- Inventive collages that weave together personal and public life
- Humor alongside questions of identity and expectation
Where it sits
| Graphic Biography | 98% |
|---|---|
| Graphic Social Topics | 36% |
| Middle East for Teens | 26% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Artists' Lives
- Graphic Biography
- Middle East for Teens
- Authors
- Ozge Samanci
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Published
- November 17, 2015
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Family and social expectations · Finding one's own voice · Secularism and fundamentalism in Turkey
- Reading lane
- Artists' Lives