From Cairo 1939 on the eve of the war and then thirty years later to 1970s Beirut on the eve of yet another conflict… A young archaeologist spends her life bringing the past to light - now she must dig through the secrets and lies about her own past to uncover the truth about her mother's life in wartime Cairo.

From Cairo 1939 on the eve of the war and then thirty years later to 1970s Beirut on the eve of yet another conflict A young archaeologist spends her life bringing the past to light - now she must dig through the secrets and lies about her own past to uncover the truth about her mothers life in wartime Cairo.