Amanda has fought hard to bring up her children after fleeing an abusive Saudi husband. Her sons have found a way to survive, but Aisha - Ash - has not. She starves and purges herself in an attempt to become invisible and disappear from the bullies. She struggles to find meaning in a life which seems to revolve around her mother's alternative choices. When Ash meets fellow seekers Sakinah and Aidah an alternative to disappearing seems possible, but proves to be worse than Amanda's worst nightmares of fire, desert and loss. Ash has determined to return to the world her mother fled in fear...