John Wertime, well-known to the rug and textile world as author of Sumak Bags of Northwest Persia and Transcaucasia and many other publications, invites you to read his newly published book, Improbable Love: My Secret Affair in the 1950s—a memoir of seduction, passion, and life lessons learned from his older lover, his mother’s best friend. You will relive what it was like to come of age in a very unusual relationship while discovering rugs and carpets and Persia itself. His candidly told story is available through Amazon in the United States (here’s the link: http://www.amazon.com/Improbable-Love-Secret-Affair-1950s/dp/0983438803/... as well as in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria, Canada, and Japan. Happy reading!