# The Lovers

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- Book: [The Lovers](https://www.bookquiver.com/vendela-vida/the-lovers) ([The Lovers.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/vendela-vida/the-lovers.md))
- Authors: [Vendela Vida](https://www.bookquiver.com/vendela-vida)
- Publisher: Atlantic Books
- ISBN: 978-18-4887-521-0
- Published: 2012-05-01
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

‘I missed a train stop twice on the same journey while reading it. That’s how distractingly good it is.’ — Viv Groskop, Independent on Sunday Yvonne is newly widowed, her children grown. Hoping to revisit memories of a happier time, she travels to Turkey. Despite the sand and sea, Yvonne’s memories of her past are overwhelming and she clings to a newfound friendship with Ahmet, a local boy who makes his living as a shell collector. With Ahmet as her guide, Yvonne finally begins to enjoy the shimmering waters and relaxed pace of the Turkish coast. But when a devastating accident suddenly upends her hard-won peace, she finds her life thrown into chaos and with it her fragile sense of belonging.