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The Kismet Pension
Paperback
Series: The Turkish Village, Book 1
Publisher Price: $17.50
ISBN13: 9786259588186
Publisher: Orionebula
Published: May 14 2025
Pages: 348
Weight: 0.75
Height: 0.78 Width: 5.06 Depth: 7.81
Language: English
A village woman with a business to protect. A city man with a dream to build. A summer that could burn everything down.
Fatma has fought hard for the Kismet Pension, her tiny guesthouse in a traditional Turkish village where gossip travels fast, men expect obedience, and success is never forgiven.
Between a lazy husband, an even lazier son, and a sharp-tongued mother, she's already carrying more than her share.
So when Istanbul businessman Harun arrives with plans to build a wellness retreat, Fatma sees only one thing: a threat to her livelihood, and her future.
With the villagers turning against her, Fatma recruits an unlikely team of allies and launches a campaign of sabotage and small-town warfare. But as tensions rise, her daughter's secret romance with Harun's son threatens to tear the family apart.
And when a fire breaks out in the forest, Fatma faces a choice that will define who she truly is.
A warm, witty, and dramatic story of pride, family, love, and survival in a world caught between tradition and change.
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