The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir Summary
Ariel Levy

The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir Overview

The Rules Do Not Apply by Ariel Levy is a personal memoir written in three parts. The first section narrates Levy’s coming-of-age and rise to success as a happily married, expectant mother with her dream career as a writer in New York City. Part Two hurls the reader through an unexpected tragedy as Levy loses her spouse and child, and discovers she cannot really have it all. In Part Three, Levy learns to live with loss and to redefine the meaning of success. The Rules Do Not Apply explores themes of womanhood, entitlement, loss, betrayal, and rebirth