Sixteen-year-old Zarin Wadia is a free-spirited orphan girl with a poor reputation in her school and community in Saudi Arabia. When she and a friend, eighteen-year-old Porus Dumasia, are found dead in a gruesome car accident, the religious police uncover more than anyone expected about who this girl was. The pasts of both are uncovered and reveal the sexist double standard of life in Saudi Arabia, and the angst of a teenage girl growing up abused and alienated in a place that didn't want her.
General Note
Includes author interview and excerpt from: The beauty of the moment.