5/15/2023 0 Comments Dare to Disappoint by Ozge Samanci![]() ![]() Özge does want to please her family, especially her father, but she realizes early on that she could never become an engineer, the only profession her father deems acceptable for a woman who does not want to marry. Or maybe because they think that what their parents want for them will make them happy in some way in the end.īut this book is not only about that. ![]() I’m sure we’ve all read books about people who deny themselves happiness because of their parents’ expectations. Could she be a scuba diver like Jacques Cousteau? A stage actress? Would it be possible to please everyone including herself? She tried to hear her own voice over his and the religious and militaristic tensions of Turkey and the conflicts between secularism and fundamentalism. Her dad expected Ozge, like her sister, to become an engineer. Growing up on the Aegean Coast, Ozge loved the sea and imagined a life of adventure while her parents and society demanded predictability. Genres & Themes: Graphic Novel, Memoir, Nonfiction, Education, Coming of Age ![]() Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey by Ozge Samanci ![]()
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