"Before you entered the house, your scent lived in my limbs. Now, the curtains and the places you sat make me jealous, for they are saturated with you to a frightening degree of resemblance. I started seeing you in the house, hearing the sound of your shoes, the way you sit near me, the way you stand up, your smile, and how you rest your arm on the edge of the sofa. Now I stumble upon your breath, Amin, and my ability to breathe falters whenever you leave, for you have intoxicated the air of the house with your presence."

This is the story of Jilan, a love built on lies, and a woman's wish that cannot be fulfilled with him in her life. Beset by conflicting emotions and inner turmoil, she ends up married to a man who tips his hat to her and says, "I am the ugliest of fates." It is a story of love and war, of coercion and the desire for revenge in the most beautiful... and theatrical of ways! Umniah and Amin... and the tale begins from another end!

Mariam Shibli is a Lebanese author, born in 1988, who resides in Kuwait. She completed her university studies at the American University of Kuwait with a degree in Media and Communication Studies.

• Publisher: Dar Al-Farabi for Publishing & Distribution
• Number of Pages: 216
• Cover Type: Paperback
• ISBN: 9789953717661