The international bestseller "Every true love and friendship is a story of unexpected transformation." If we are the same person before and after love, it means we haven't been loved enough. Ella Rubinstein has a husband, three teenage children, and a pleasant home – everything that should make her feel confident and fulfilled. Yet, there is an emptiness in Ella's life that was once filled with love. When Ella reads a manuscript about the 13th-century Sufi poet Rumi and Shams of Tabriz, along with his forty rules for 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 verses that lead Ella and us into an exotic world where faith and love are explored in heart-wrenching depth. "Illuminating, captivating. A moving hymn to faith and love." Metro "Colorfully woven and beautiful.".