In the days before the outbreak of war in Syria, a young Kurdish
woman, Zarrin, has brought shame on her family. She has paid a high
price - as is the way for such dishonour - and fearing for her
life, she flees, stumbling her way blindly to the border with
Turkey, where she finds herself amongst a growing tide of migrants
in a refugee camp. There, a son, Elend, is born - the product of
her punishment. When the weather improves, and still fearing
pursuit, she takes Elend, escapes the camp, and heads for Europe,
hoping to find refuge there. She makes her way to Britain, scraping
a living as best she can, but she is betrayed over and over as she
moves from job to job, living hand to mouth and supporting her
young son with what little she has. Events conspire to make her
flee once more and she finds work as a vegetable picker, exploited,
unappreciated but, importantly, largely unnoticed. Then, at last,
her fortunes change and she finds happiness and companionship at
last. Elend grows strong and love beckons but her happiness is
crushed again when she is outed inadvertently by one of her friends
and she finds herself pursued once more. This is a compelling tale
of a fight for freedom and safety in the vein of American Dirt by
Jeanine Cummins.
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