Elif

The day I saw the red dragonfly Elif

The day I saw the red dragonfly is an autobiographical poetry anthology telling the story of the author's experiences facing challenges throughout her life. Love is a central theme to the novel as the four chapters are divided into different types of love one can feel in a lifetime according to ancient Greek philosophy. As a third culture child battling between the East and West, the author has come across many different kinds of hardship including racism, sexism, depression and societal and cultural hierarchy which to her can all be traced back to the universal feeling of love or lack thereof.