**SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN-S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024**
Reeling from a disastrous love affair, actress Sonia Nasir finds love and hope in Shakespeare and Palestine.
-I absolutely loved it-
MONICA ALI
-Remarkable- My heart will never be the same-
BARBARA KINGSOLVER
-A vital storyteller-
ALI SMITH
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.
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
