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<\/a>Sarah’n\u0131n T\u00dcYAP \u00f6ncesi payla\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131 bir foto\u011fraf \/\/ An Instagram post by Sarah before T\u00dcYAP<\/p><\/div>\n
Gelelim bu tatl\u0131 kad\u0131nla nas\u0131l tan\u0131\u015fabildi\u011fime. Sarah\u2019n\u0131n T\u00dcYAP\u2019tan sonraki ikinci adresi olacak Kanyon\u2019daki imza g\u00fcn\u00fc i\u00e7in yolda ona e\u015flik edecektim, harika bir saat boyunca sohbet etme imkan\u0131m\u0131z olacakt\u0131. Ka\u00e7 g\u00fcnd\u00fcr ne kadar ko\u015fturdu\u011funu bildi\u011fim i\u00e7in aradaki bir saatinde sessize g\u00f6zlerini kapat\u0131p dinlenmek ister mi acaba diye endi\u015fe ile koltukta onu beklerken daha asans\u00f6rden \u00e7\u0131kt\u0131\u011f\u0131 anda g\u00fcl\u00fcmseyerek bana y\u00fcr\u00fcmesi b\u00fct\u00fcn endi\u015felerimi da\u011f\u0131tt\u0131.
\nSarah ve yolculu\u011funda ona deste\u011fini asla eksik etmeyen sevgilisi Brandon ile arabaya bindik. Sarah\u2019ya kendimi tan\u0131tt\u0131m, gen\u00e7 bir yazar olarak kariyerinden \u00e7ok etkilendi\u011fimi anlatt\u0131m. O kadar pozitif ve samimiydi ki on dakika sonra konu nereden nereye gelmi\u015f hi\u00e7 fark etmeden koyu bir sohbete dal\u0131vermi\u015ftik. Bekledi\u011fimin tam tersine o kadar enerjikti ki, bir s\u00fcr\u00fc soru sordu, ben ona sorduk\u00e7a ilgiyle anlatt\u0131. Biraz fuardan s\u00f6z ettik, s\u0131radaki herkesle tan\u0131\u015famad\u0131\u011f\u0131 i\u00e7in \u00e7ok \u00fcz\u00fcld\u00fc\u011f\u00fcn\u00fc s\u00f6yledi. Sonra neler yapt\u0131\u011f\u0131ndan, burada tan\u0131\u015ft\u0131\u011f\u0131 insanlardan, gazetecilerden ne kadar etkilendi\u011finden tutun politikaya kadar her \u015feyden sohbet ettik. Sarah\u2019n\u0131n erkek arkada\u015f\u0131 Brandon da en az Sarah kadar canayak\u0131n ve konu\u015fkand\u0131. Kanyona\u2019a varmaya yak\u0131n Sarah\u2019n\u0131n bir imzal\u0131 kitab\u0131n\u0131 da ben ald\u0131m, bana \u00e7ok g\u00fczel dileklerde bulundu, ke\u015fke trafik daha s\u0131k\u0131\u015f\u0131k olsayd\u0131 ya da ke\u015fke yol biraz daha uzasayd\u0131 gibi bencilce isteklerimi bir kenara g\u00f6md\u00fcm, Kanyon\u2019un g\u00fczel \u0131\u015f\u0131klar\u0131yla ayd\u0131nlanan ak\u015fam\u0131 Sarah\u2019n\u0131n D&R\u2019daki imza g\u00fcn\u00fcnde devam ettirdik.
\nD&R imza g\u00fcn\u00fc de T\u00dcYAP\u2019\u0131 aratmayacak kadar yo\u011fun ge\u00e7ti, Sarah\u2019n\u0131n iki arada bir derede evi Seattle\u2019da b\u0131rakt\u0131\u011f\u0131 \u00fc\u00e7 o\u011flu ile telefonda konu\u015fmas\u0131, sonra topukluluar\u0131yla ko\u015ftura ko\u015ftura tekrar imza masas\u0131na ge\u00e7mesi, her zaman g\u00fclen y\u00fcz\u00fc, kendine s\u00f6ylenen her bir ismi do\u011fru telaffuz edene kadar tekrar tekrar s\u00f6ylemesi ba\u015ftan sona film gibi izletiyordu size t\u00fcm okuyucular\u0131n imza seremonisini. Saatler ilerledik\u00e7e bana da okul yolu g\u00f6r\u00fcnd\u00fc, Sarah ile bol bol foto\u011fraf \u00e7ektirdim, ileride ona \u00e7ok g\u00fczel haberler vermek ve belki bir g\u00fcn Seattle\u2019da g\u00f6r\u00fc\u015fmek \u00fczere ona ve Brandon\u2019a iyi yolculuklar dileyerek veda ettim.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Veda etmeden kitaplar\u0131m\u0131zla da poz verdik \ud83d\ude42 \/\/ Just before saying goodbye, posing with our books \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n
\u015eimdi Sarah hakk\u0131nda tekrar d\u00fc\u015f\u00fcnd\u00fc\u011f\u00fcmde okurlar\u0131yla bu kadar candan bir ba\u011f kurmay\u0131 nas\u0131l ba\u015fard\u0131\u011f\u0131n\u0131 anlamak hi\u00e7 zor gelmiyor. Ama tan\u0131mlamak hala zor, buna her \u015feyiyle Sarah gibi olmak diyebiliriz belki de. O \u00fcslubu ve hikayeleriyle d\u00fcnya \u00e7ap\u0131nda y\u00fcz binlerce hayran\u0131 ola \u00e7ok ba\u015far\u0131l\u0131 bir kad\u0131n ama \u00f6te yandan \u00e7ocuklar\u0131 i\u00e7in elinden geleni ard\u0131na koymayan bir anne. Bir yandan k\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck bir \u00e7ocuk gibi \u00f6\u011frenmeye ve e\u011flenmeye \u00e7ok d\u00fc\u015fk\u00fcn, \u00f6te yandan son derece uyumlu, m\u00fctevaz\u0131 ve olgun. Bir insan bunlar\u0131n hepsi olabilince, yaln\u0131zca yazmay\u0131 de\u011fil okuyan\u0131n kalbine de ula\u015fmay\u0131 ba\u015far\u0131yor demek ki. Ne diyelim, umar\u0131m \u2018Sarah gibi olmak\u2019 bende de vard\u0131r, umar\u0131m Sarah T\u00fcrkiye\u2019ye tan\u0131\u015famad\u0131\u011f\u0131 hayranlar\u0131 i\u00e7in tekrar gelir, umar\u0131m yolumuz bu tatl\u0131 kad\u0131nla tekrar ve tekrar kesi\u015fir \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
To Sarah With Love<\/p>\n
Best memories are unforgettable firsts. This year, it was supposed to be my first visit as an auothor to T\u00dcYAP Book Fair after so many years visiting as a bookworm and it was much more unforgettable than I expected.
\nWhile I was talking to the editor of the publishing house, G\u00f6k\u00e7e, just a few weeks before the book fair, I learned why they were extremely busy : Sarah Jio was going to visit Turkey! I immediately learned her schedule which was completely same with my midterm exams calendar as if it was a joke to me, but there was a bright Sunday scheduled for two different signing events one in T\u00dcYAP and one in Kanyon Shopping Center. I directly texted to G\u00f6k\u00e7e : \u201cI will definitely be there in T\u00dcYAP on Sunday!\u201d
\nThe fair was not only crowded since it was weekend but also there were uncountable number of people waiting for the signing line of Sarah, taking their chance for meeting Sarah after arriving to the book fair venue which was far away from the center of \u0130stanbul. I barely could find G\u00f6k\u00e7e while she was trying to hold up the finish sign of the line. Seeing the pure joy and smile of those people who could get their books signed, I wanted to meet Sarah more and more. I couldn\u2019t believe how people who couldn\u2019t get their books signed started crying, running after Sarah when the signing event was finished. Is reading a book of Sarah not more close to talking to her than seeing her in person? I regretted reading only one book of Sarah before, it was obvious that Sarah\u2019s connection to the readers was more than the lines she wrote. There was a lot to learn from her.
\nHow could I meet her? I was going to accompany her on the road to Kanyon where she was going for another signing day event. It was great to be able to talk to her for more than one hour. But I was also worried because I knew how exhausted she should have been and thought she would have rested on the road rather than talking and talking more. But when she stepped out of the elevator smiling and walking towards me, all my worries disappeared.
\nWith Sarah and her boyfriend Brandon who was always with Sarah and supporting her all the time during her visit, we got on the car. I introduced myself to her and told how I was influenced from her as a young author. She was so positive and sincere that I could not notice how we had a deep conversation just after 10 minutes. She was not even close to being tired.<\/p>\n