Zubaida is on a journey to unearth the past. It will lead her from the corridors of Harvard to the scorching deserts of Pakistan, and the bones of an ancient whale. It will carry her back to Bangladesh, and the dark horrors of a ship-breaking yard. Here deep inside a beached ocean liner, steeped in mystery and tragedy lies the key to her story. And a lifeline to the man she loves, but whose heart she may never win back.
