First, I wrote Leyla.
She was a teen I thought my own teen girls might like. Leyla was for them.
A Turkish girl, wandering the old city, who falls into an epic adventure to uncover a secret passed among women for two millennia. As she learns to embrace her own strength, she must also accept her limitations, which is why she turns to her aunt and cousin for help.
And, so, then there was Lale: the aunt.
The mentor in our hero's journey. The wise, strategic aunt who, unbeknownst to Leyla, has been on the same quest for years. She and her archaeologist husband have been getting closer and closer to the final clue they need to unlock the secret. Behind the cover of an artisan coop, Lale has been exploring the various cave homes in the Cappadocian region, mapping underground passageways in its honeycomb landscape, hoping to prove their suspicion before the government stops them.
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