The Pelit Tree on the Hill

“A silent scream can be felt in the walls of the house. No one makes a sound, but the walls are screaming as if they are trying to vomit out everything they have witnessed. No one hears their cry. My mother, my older sister, my older brother have all fallen silent… My father is nowhere to be seen. Where could he have gone? What could have happened here while I was asleep? The child wonders. Her older brother sits beside her mother, unhappy and pensive… Why is her older sister hugging her mother? I’ve woken up, so take me into your arms too, she says to herself, but there is no one to hold her...” The story of Zehra, trying to exist in a lost life... 'Tepedeki Pelit Ağacı' carries glimpses of all our lives. A novel that will leave a mark on our hearts with Ayten Uzun’s fluent and warm storytelling...