Aujene, thought to be a pillar of the community, is in any case free of her stifling and oppressive marriage, but at what price? She is now shunned amongst her peers as the rumourmill goes into overdrive and her reputation lies in tatters. Her only child Aaida, navigating her teens in 90’s Sydney, struggles to find meaning in the shift in people’s attitude after the divorce, and she in turn snubs the community which would turn its back on one in all its own so easily.
The two trip to Lebanon, where Aaida starts to peel back the delicate layers of her circle of relatives history. In doing so, she starts to realise her own fears and the torments that plague her are all born of her own buried past.
It becomes a standing tradition that they return to Lebanon each and every Spring, where Aaida falls more in love with her cousin Khaled, the only thing she swore she’d never do. And in an unexpected turn, Aujene’s past comes knocking on her door to invite itself into her future.
It’s not long before Aaida, unfolding layer upon layer of circle of relatives secrets, finds herself in the middle of her own tradedy that allows you to shape her future in ways she never thought to be.
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