![]() ![]() This profoundly satisfying novel ventures to the very heart of romance and its literary origins in the seventh-century lyric poetry of the Arabian desert." - Washington Independent Review of Books "Emily Robbins has written a lyrical story about love in nearly all of its manifestations." -New York Journal of Books " extraordinary debut." -Bustle "Deeply affecting. A Word for Love made this reader cry from feeling the transformative, redemptive power of fiction. Told in quiet but elegant prose, each thump of this melodic novel's heart (and what an enormous, rousing heart it is) attests to the timeless and life-giving power of love." -Khaled Hosseini, New York Times -bestselling author of The Kite Runner "A beautifully crafted story.Her poetic style plunges the reader into the scene, her tone reminiscent of Camus. ![]() "Robbins' melodic novel is story of war, family, language, but above all, a paean to unabashed, unbridled love. ![]()
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