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Told from four different perspectives At the Breakfast Table is a story of hidden histories and family secrets from the author of The Silence of Scheherazade

Prinkipo Island Turkey 2017 In the glow of a late summer morning family gather for the 100th birthday of the famous artist Sirin Saka It ought to be a time of fond reminiscence looking back on a long and fruitful artistic career on memories spanning almost a century but also of an era when imperial forces fought over her homeland

But the deep past is something Sirin has spent a lifetime trying to conceal Her grandchildren Nur and Fikret and great grandchild Selin do not know what Sirin is hiding though they are intimately aware of the secrets psychological consequences The siblings invite family friend and investigative journalist Burak along to interview Sirin for his weekly column in celebration of her 100th year They hope he will help unravel the family secrets and persuade her to talk Sirins lifelong servant Sadik is determined to do all he can to protect the artist

Eventually Sirin begins to express her pain the only way she knows how She paints the story onto her dining room wall revealing a history wiped from public consciousness and the cause of her familys anguish that has sat ruinous in their subconscious for generations