About the book: 2018 / Eastern Anatolia. A place where the traditions of our ancestors are sacredly respected. A terrible thing happened here - violence was committed against Meryem. And what’s even worse is that according to local laws of honor, a girl must commit suicide in order to wash away the shame from her family. She is only fifteen years old and she wants to live. “God gives birth to women only those whom he wants to punish,” Meryem thinks. Her uncle instructs his son Cemal to take Meryem away from home, to Istanbul, and kill her there. In this story, each hero will face a painful choice: follow traditions or common sense, submit to fate or fight to the end for their happiness.