<p>Shalini will never forget her daughter Leila¿s third birthday party: it was the last time she saw her alive. <br><br>Sixteen years have passed and Shalini¿s life is unrecognizable. Her husband gone: beaten and dragged from their home the night Leila disappeared. Shalini, once privileged, is now disgraced. She trawls the streets desperate to discover where Leila now lives ¿ if she lives at all. <br><br>In this repressive state, where tradition and purity are valued above all, those outside the city walls ¿ forced to live in filth and oppressive heat ¿ are less than nothing. But can Shalini find a way back in? Will she see Leila again?</p>