Elif Shafak

Summaries of books by Elif Shafak.

The Forty Rules of Love

Elif Shafak · 2009

A bored housewife reads a manuscript about Rumi and Shams, and the old story starts to change her life.

2,070-word summary · 9 min read

The Island of Missing Trees

Elif Shafak · 2021

A talking fig links 1970s Cyprus lovers Kostas and Defne with their grieving London daughter Ada years later.

3,172-word summary · 14 min read