With impressive intensity and extraordinary power, Stella Gaitano tells the story of the African country of Sudan through the lives of two women and their families. An unforgettable, unprecedented reading experience.

In a small village in southern Sudan, Lucy grows up under the derogatory name 'Irinu,' given to her by her mother Eddo to ward off death. When Eddo dies, Lucy marries Marco and flees with him to Khartoum in northern Sudan to escape the war. There they live with friends, but the country's political unrest catches up with them in the city and threatens their new home.

A poetic, intense novel that tells the story of the enormous differences between city and country, between genders and religions in a country marked by violence, using the example of unforgettable characters.

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