A period fiction that centres around a bold and beautiful Muslim convert in Sri Lanka who was born to an Indian immigrant couple. In the book, the brutal trajectories of the protagonist’s life and her motherland run almost parallel to each other. A volatile and violent marriage juxtaposed with a bloody and destructive civil war and a generation lost in despair. It’s a woman’s never-ending struggle for her rights, privacy and personal space. Is it feminism? Find out for yourself.