Will I love There Are Rivers in the Sky?

Shafak has written a very cleverly constructed book, in which stories and times run next to each other and into each other. I am sure I didn't only enjoy it so much because she partly situates it in Iraq. I love her for the way she brought Yezidis into the story, and the atrocities of the radical terror group ISIS. One of those books you cannot put down, that gives new knowledge next to entertainment.

Elif Shafak has done it again! A consummate storyteller, she immerses us in the very different stories of three individuals across time and place, their experiences linked by the part played in their respective fates through two of the great rivers of the world. This compassionate, profound novel, beautifully articulated, makes us think about the significance of belonging, displacement and much else. It makes for a compelling read and I see it as a joint first choice rather than a second favourite!