Penelope Whitaker sets off for Syria as a relief worker, leaving behind her apathetic suburban life in search of meaning.
When she returns home, only to discover a Trump sign on her father\'s lawn, old wounds around race, family, and poli.
Ghanzali, a cheerful professor turned peddler.
There, beneath all its beauty, she encounters untold suffering, through the eyes of Ameer, the forgotten Syrian boy, and Mr.
But when a bombing in Aleppo derails her plans, she finds herself stuck in Istanbul.
Penelope Whitaker sets off for Syria as a relief worker, leaving behind her apathetic suburban life in search of meaning