On Thursday 6 June 2019, Laura Devine Solicitors held a charity book event with Elif Shafak, award-winning novelist and the most widely read female writer in Turkey. Elif read from her latest book 10 Minutes 38 seconds in this Strange World, a truly captivating work of immense power and beauty, on the essence of life and its end.

Thanks to the generosity of those who attended, we raised over £750 for Girls Not Brides, a global partnership of more than 1,000 civil society organisations from over 95 countries committed to ending child marriage and enabling girls to fulfil their potential.

Find out more about Girls Not Brides and the work they do here.