Enmarcada en la guerra civil de Líbano durante los años 80, esta novela destaca el poder de la astucia y la perseverancia. Faten tiene quince años y su padre le ha encontrado un trabajo como empleada doméstica con una familia rica en Beirut. Despojada de sus amigos, su pueblo y su anhelo de estudiar, ingenia un plan en secreto junto con un vecino para recuperar su independencia.
 
Set against the civil war in Lebanon during the 1980s, this novel highlights the power of cunning and perseverance. Faten is fifteen years old and her father has found her a job as a maid with a rich family in Beirut. Stripped of her friends, her town, and her desire to study, she secretly hatches a plan with a neighbor to regain her independence.