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Esma's mother Pembe died twice. Years later, she still couldn't get over her mother's death. In Esma's memory of her mother, the memory fragments are connected one by one, restoring the ups and downs of the fate of women in a Kurdish family from generation to generation. In 1945, in a small Kurdish village near the Euphrates River, Naz was struggling to give birth and on the verge of death. She had given birth to eight daughters and was willing to give up her life in order to have a son. She begged the midwife to perform a caesarean section for her, and she died as soon as the child was born. However, this time it was still a girl, and a few hours later, her daughter also died. Among Naz's many daughters, there are twin sisters: Pembe and Jamila. The two sisters had one heart and one mind when they were young. However, the two sisters could not withstand the tricks of fate and finally embarked on completely different paths in life. As an adult, Jamila stayed in her hometown to become a midwife, while Pembe followed her Turkish husband Adem to London. After Pembe and Adam moved to London, their lives were not as happy as they imagined. Wandering on the edge of tradition and modernity, the two generations of this family are facing an unprecedented spiritual split: Pembe still lives in memories of the past; her husband Adem indulges in casinos; their eldest daughter Esma and youngest son Yunus actively embrace Western values; while the eldest brother Iskander's blood flows with primitive violence and traditional values. Unintentionally, when Iskander discovers his mother's extramarital affair, he commits a crime that will cause him pain throughout his life.

We know too little about love. The forty laws of love from eight hundred years ago teach us how to love well. Ella, an ordinary housewife, after more than 20 years of living a family-focused life, finally made up her mind to escape from her soured marriage, return to her old career, and return to the literary world she loved when she was young. Soon, she found a job at a literary agency, and her first job was to read a submitted novel "Sweet Blasphemy." This work, delivered from a distant country, brings Ella into the strange, mysterious and fascinating world of the 13th century: Rumi, the Islamic sage revered by millions, met Shaamushi, the pagan wandering monk. The two soul mates broke away from worldly taboos and stayed behind closed doors for forty days to learn and explore the meaning of life together. Shamus taught Rumi the "Forty Laws of Love." While Ella was reviewing "Sweet Blasphemy", she had an email discussion with the author Aziz on the emotional and philosophical issues involved in the novel. While the two were exchanging emails, their feelings secretly arose! During her interactions with Aziz, Ella constantly reflected on her life and explored the true meaning of love. In the end, she gained the courage to escape from her current life and boldly pursue love and herself...