Apr 19, 2021
By the end of my conversation with Zaiba Hasan, I was offering her the spare bedroom at my house when she visits California. In retrospect it was, perhaps, a little weird, given that we’d only known each other for an hour. But she is that kind of person – warm and funny and smart AF – and I couldn’t help myself. I want to talk books and spirituality and mothering with her all day. But we started with “The Forty Rules of Love” by Elif Shafak – part historical fiction, part modern parable, part love story within a love story. The book, and the conversation, were both treasures.
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Host: Julie Strauss
Guest: Zaiba Hasan
Episode Sponsor: Books2Read Pocket Garden
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Discussed in this episode:
The Forty Rules of Love by Elif Shafak
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Facebook Group devoted to The Forty Rules of Love
Secrets of Divine Love: A Spiritual Journey into the Heart of Islam by A. Helwa
Discussed in our Patreon Conversation
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh
Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney
Doctor Proctor’s Fart Powder by Jo Nesbo and Mike Lowery
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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