Moons of Istanbul— Sophie Goldberg

Ventura, a beautiful young Turkish woman, must travel to Mexico to marry Lázaro because her family has arranged it so. With a trunk containing only a few belongings and the excitement of facing the unknown, she will embark on a surprising journey to start a new life far from her homeland. Her arrival, her first marriage, her second, her children, her widowhood, her grandchildren, her return to Turkey: Ventura will live each event with profound intensity and will spice up her days with the richness of aromas, flavors, rhythms, colors and proverbs she brought with her from the distant East. Amidst Turkish and Sephardic recipes and customs inherited from an ancient culture, she will find the best antidote against longing, although her memory cannot erase the memory of the Istanbul moons.