The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak Mystery Chosen by Emma Straub as

Chosen by Emma Straub as a Best New Celebrity Memoir

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment

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AND A NATIONAL ENDOWMENT OF THE ARTS “BIG READS” SELECTIONThis “heartbreaking portrait of a family dealing with the realities of migration and separation” (Time) is “a sweeping love story and tragic drama [and] an authentic vision of what the American Dream looks like in a nationalistic country” (Elle)

The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak Mystery Chosen by Emma Straub asIn this lyrical, exuberant tale, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak, author of The Island of Missing Trees (a Reese's Book Club Pick), incarnates Rumi's timeless message of love The Forty Rules of Love unfolds two tantalizing parallel narrativesone contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when Rumi encountered his spiritual mentor, the whirling dervish known as Shams of Tabrizthat together explore the enduring power of Rumi's work.