The Debt of Tamar - Nicole Dweck

PLOT

In 2002, thirty-two-year-old Selim Osman, the last descendant of Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, flees Istanbul for New York. In a twist of fate he meets Hannah, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor and an artist striving to understand a father she barely knows. Unaware the connection they share goes back centuries, the two feel an immediate pull to one another. But as their story intertwines with that of their ancestors, the heroic but ultimately tragic decision that bound two families centuries ago ripples into the future, threatening to tear Hannah and Selim apart.

From a 16th-century harem to a seaside village in the Holy Land, from Nazi-occupied Paris to modern-day Manhattan, Nicole Dweck's The Debt of Tamar weaves a spellbinding tapestry of love, history, and fate that will enchant readers from the very first page.

THOUGHTS

I'm a huge fan of Historical Fiction, mix that in with intertwining fates, a mysterious family heirloom and I'm in awe. You always wonder if your ancestors choices and lives still somehow have an impact on you and if your life will still impact your own lineage hundreds of years from now. Our stories sometimes become lost within history, so why is it hard for us to believe that maybe our great-great-great grandmother choosing one man over another has no effect on our life. 

It's an amazing idea and Nicole Dweck has executed it beautifully in her debut novel The Debt of Tamar. There were some characters I couldn't agree with. How easily their bad decisions effected their descendants. But I guess there wouldn't be much of a story if we always made the best decisions. 

The writing was impeccable, Dweck changed stories and times so flawlessly I barely noticed. You felt yourself transcend through time and into the next story so easily that for a moment you forget about the previous character.  I hope I don't sound too dorky when I say that, but IT'S TRUE! I enjoyed every page of this beautiful book. 

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