The Lighthouse Family by Firat Sunel, Translated to English from Turkish by Feyza Howell
Book: The Lighthouse Family Author: Firat Sunel Translated to English from Turkish by: Feyza Howell Genre: Historical Fiction Published in English By: Penguin in January 2024 Pages: 178 Recommended for: Age Group above 15 Other books by the Author: In the Shades of Weeping Willows(2011), Izmirili, My Last Love (2015) Book Review: “Emptiness is the worst thing that could fill you.” A short story of a family that revolves around displacement, loss, tragedies, war, and hope among all. The way it will make you smile and cry at places, the way it will make you think, and the way it will make you abhor the wars; that’s what is extraordinary about this book. K’s father is a lighthouse keeper and thus it’s decided that his kids will take over this job one day, just that Illyas (K’s brother) is weak and suffering from an illness and Feriha (K’s sister) is a girl, so he is the only option to being a lighthouse keeper after his dad. But he struggles to choose between that or a city schoo...