As she reads the manuscript and becomes more intrigued with Zahara, Ella comes to consider him as her own personal Shams on her own journey of discovering love. She reads a submission about a man’s search for Rumi and his message of love, written by Aziz Z. In modern times, we meet Ella Rubenstein, who works for a literary agent. Upon their meeting, Rumi creates his now timeless message and philosophy of love. The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafakįollowing two timelines, we first meet the poet Rumi in the 13th century as he first meets his spiritual mentor, the Shams of Tabriz. But what seemed to be a harmless decision has devastating effects for his entire family for decades to come. His first purchasing decision with his newfound riches is to purchase the Dutch House, a large estate in the Philly suburbs, as a surprise for his wife. When real estate investor Cyril Conroy makes an offhand decision, it creates an enormous empire and propels his family from poverty to overwhelming wealth.

The two seem to be as different as can be, but when these two explosive personalities came together to form Daisy Jones & the Six, they took the scene completely by storm. Starting with the discovery of Daisy Jones, the charismatic front woman and the band The Six, led by the brooding Billy Dunne. Told through a series of interviews with band members and others in the music industry, this book recounts the formation of one of the biggest rock bands of the ’70s.

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