A beautiful, and at times raw book, of lives lived along the Thames and Tigris rivers, all woven together by the endless cycle of water molecules. Very enjoyable. Shafak (Wikipedia) is a French born (1971) Turkish writer, who writes in Turkish and English. Will explore her other work.

I came across Elif Shafak by coincidence, stumbling on an article she wrote about writing and expressing emotion in different languages, even if you’re only acquiring a new language, and how multilingualism is never merely serial monolingual, it’s a tapestry. Bought this book after reading that article.

Read in April 2025.