For fans of The Midnight Library and In Five Years,The Unwritten Rules of Magic is a spellbinding novel that blends magic and memory in an unforgettable journey through lovegriefand the hidden cost of perfection across three generations of women. Emerson Clarke canΓÇÖt remember a time when she felt in control. Her fatherΓÇöa celebrated authorΓÇöwas a chaotic force until he got AlzheimerΓÇÖs. Her mother turned to gin. And recentlyher teen daughter has shut her out without explanation. If only she could arrange reality the same way she controls the stories she ghostwriteslife could be perfect. Or so she thinks. After her fatherΓÇÖs funeralEmerson steals his vintage typewriterΓÇöthe one heΓÇÖd forbidden anyone to touchΓÇöand tests its keys by typing out a frivolous wish. When it comes true the very next dayshe tries another. Thenthose words also spring to life. Suddenlyshe becomes obsessed with using the typewriter to rewrite happiness for herself and her daughter. But the more she shapes her real-lifethe more she uncovers disturbing truths about her familyΓÇÖs history and the unexpected cost of every story-come-true. She should destroy the typewriteryet when her daughterΓÇÖs secret finally emergesEmerson is torn between paying the price for bending fate and embracing the uncertainty of an unscripted life.