A British wife navigates multiple upheavals in a politically shifting Iraq.
As the years pass, Iraq devolves into a police state. The Haddads are less and less able to live as they used to or even to find viable paths forward. The three Haddad children grow up to embody the diverse dynamics of their country. Ramzi enters the military and juggles dual loyalties to his English mother — long rumored to be some sort of spy — and his nationalist homeland. Mona resents Diane and grows close to Ibrahim, who gives his daughter a window into the complicated dance he must do to survive. And Ziad, who is gay, seeks a more tolerant reality but is constrained by the limitations of his status.
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