Within these pages, we experience Istanbul life, the “you and me” that is this place’s heartbeat. Around us swirl the amazing colors of many rainbows and dozens of scents. Here the Istanbulites-Armenian, Greek, Kurdish, Jew, Alawite, Christian, the rich, the poor, the conservative, the marginal-all bear witness to Istanbul’s many-faceted selves. This novel of hope is a small reflection of what some people call “utopia” and is foremost a story about living in harmony.