Seventeen-year-old Rukhsana Ali's conservative Muslim parents want her to attend the University of Washington and marry a young Muslim man. But Rukhsana has two secrets: that she applied to Caltech, and that she is a lesbian. When her mother catches Rukhsana kissing her girlfriend, her parents angrily send her to live with family in Bangladesh where she is exposed to harsh tradition, arranged marriages, and intolerance. While there, Rukhsana connects with parts of herself long hidden, and finds the courage to take control of her own future.