Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation. If we are the same person before and after we loved,that means we haven't loved enough...
Ella Rubinstein has a husband,three teenage children,and a pleasant home. Everything that should make her confident and fulfilled. Yet there is an emptiness at the heart of Ella's life - an emptiness once filled by love.
So when Ella reads a manuscript about the thirteenth-century Sufi poet Rumi and Shams of Tabriz,and his forty rules of life and love,her world is turned upside down. She embarks on a journey to meet the mysterious author of this work.
It is a quest infused with Sufi mysticism and verse,taking Ella and us into an exotic world where faith and love are heartbreakingly explored. . .
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241972939Number of pages: 368Weight: 258 gDimensions: 194 x 127 x 22 mm
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'A gorgeous,jeweled,luxurious book.'- The Times
'Shafak will challenge Paulo Coelho's dominance. With its timely,thought-provoking message . . . The Forty Rules of Love deserves to be a global publishing phenomenon.'- Independent
'Enlightening,enthralling. An affecting paean to faith and love.'- Metro
'Colourfully woven and beguilingly intelligent.'- Daily Telegraph
'The past and present fit together beautifully in a passionate defence of passion itself.'- The Times
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