10 minutes 38 seconds in this strange world / Elif Shafak.
'In the first minute following her death, Tequila Leila's consciousness began to ebb, slowly and steadily, like a tide receding from the shore. Her brain cells, having run out of blood, were now completely deprived of oxygen. But they did not shut down. Not right away ... ' Our brains stay active for ten minutes after our heart stops beating. For Tequila Leila, each minute brings with it a new memory - growing up with her father and his two wives in a grand old house in a quiet Turkish town; watching the women gossip and wax their legs while the men went to mosque; sneaking cigarettes and Western magazines on her way home from school; running away to Istanbul to escape an unwelcome marriage; falling in love with a student who seeks shelter from a riot in the brothel where she works. Most importantly, each memory reminds Leila of the five friends she met along the way - the friends who are now desperately trying to find her.
Record details
- ISBN: 1635574471
- ISBN: 1635575818
- ISBN: 9781635574470
- ISBN: 9781635575811
- ISBN: 9780241293867
- ISBN: 9780241293874
- Physical Description: 313 pages : illustration, map ; 21 cm
- Publisher: New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "First published in 2019 in Great Britain by Penguin Random House UK"--Title page verso"Shortlisted for the 2019 Booker Prize"--Jacket
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- 24 of 26 copies available at NC Cardinal.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)
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- 1 current hold with 26 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sneads Ferry Branch Library | FIC SHAFAK (Text) | 36015000398145 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Braswell Memorial Main Library | FIC Shafek (Text) | 37807000016847 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Coats Public Library | F Sha (Text) | 33633002087509 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Dorothy Wightman Library | AFIC SHA (Text) | 30372101808076 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| East Asheville Library | F SHA (Text) | 0020512465053 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/13/2026 |
| Enka-Candler Library | F SHA (Text) | 0020512465046 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Fairview Library | F SHA (Text) | 0020512465012 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Forsyth Central | FIC Shafak, Elif (Text) | 0112522631675 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Hampton B. Allen Library | FIC SHAFAK (Text) | 18198000675613 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Haywood County Main Library | F Shafak (Text) | 33115007673403 | Adult Fiction | Checked out | 08/19/2026 |
