"The story of a Turkish journalist, Emel, who is trying to track down Zahide, an old Pakistani friend she met while studying in the United States. In the course of her investigations, she finds out that Zahide has been arrested as part of the CIA rendition program and has in all likelihood been given a new identity in a clandestine program. As the novel reaches its ... climax, Emel's identity begins to disintegrate and we can no longer be sure that the new identity that was given to Zahide was not in fact Emel"--Amazon.com.
