Irvin Yalom offers a collection of psychological case studies, which reveal the intricacies of the clients' psychological landscapes. He provides an insight into the human condition and our search for happiness, and explores the unique dynamic of the relationship between therapist and client.
Ella Rubenstein is forty years old and unhappily married when she takes a job as a reader for a literary agent - and suddenly her life is transformed. Her first assignment is to read a novel about the ancient Sufi mystic, Rumi, who was transformed by the whirling dervish into a passionate poet and advocate of love. Slowly she realizes that his thirteenth-century life is starting to mirror her own, and in doing so it opens up exciting opportunities for her to embrace the dervish's timeless message for herself. This is a mesmerizing novel about finding love and inspiration in the most unlikely of places. 'With its timely, thought-provoking message . . . The Forty Rules of Love deserves to be a global publishing phenomenon.' Independent
The sensational No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller now a three-part BBC adaptation.