The story centers on a single Egyptian woman, referred to by different names—Amna, Nimo, and Mouna—whose life mirrors that of her country. After her death in 2015, her son, Nour, experiences a series of visions of her life in their attic, from a young woman in an arranged marriage in the 1950s to a feminist activist during the Arab Spring. Nour begins writing letters to his estranged sister, attempting to reconcile their shared history of this mercurial woman, their country, and the failed promise of revolution. The novel is described as “hallucinatory, stylish, and erotic