Publisher's Synopsis
When Vivien Quish arrives in the mystical city of Sana'a, her hope is to redeem her ruined dream of being a great traveller. The last thing she expects is to become embroiled in a passionate affair, but she finds herself falling for anthropologist Christian Linklater. However, Vivien is sure that they can have no future together. In the heat of the Yemeni desert, Vivien's love affairs - with a man and with a country - are challenged to their limits and she must rediscover the spirit she once had as a young woman. But on the eve of the Iraq war, Christian is in danger of being a victim of the clash between east and west, and she is finally forced to stop playing it safe.
