Nora Borde

Abu Dhabi, 2008. In a glittering desert city on the brink of financial crisis, three expats are marooned. When Lily, a young Australian botanical artist, suffers a devastating medical emergency, her marriage fractures, driving her into the orbit of a charismatic neighbour. Hugo is an older psychotherapist who has fled a trail of ugly rumours in Melbourne. Observing them both...