<p><b>**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN¿S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024**</b></p><p><br><b>Reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine.</b><br><br><b>¿</b><b>I absolutely loved it</b><b>¿</b><br>MONICA ALI<br><br><b>¿Remarkable¿ My heart will never be the same¿ </b><br>BARBARA KINGSOLVER<br><br><b>¿A vital storyteller¿</b><br>ALI SMITH<br><br>After years away from her family¿s homeland, and reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir returns to Haifa to visit her older sister Haneen. On her arrival, she finds her relationship to Palestine is fragile, both bone-deep and new.<br><br>When Sonia meets the charismatic Mariam, a local director, she joins a production of Hamlet in the West Bank. Soon, Sonia is rehearsing with a dedicated, if competitive, group of men ¿ yet as opening night draws closer, it becomes clear just how many obstacles stand before the troupe. Amidst it all, the life she once knew starts to give way to