From one of our most admired literary novelists comes a breakout book that weaves a stunning tale of passion, love, and long-buried secrets. At the center is Thea, raised under lock and key by her overprotective mother-until one day her curiosity about the world drives her to escape. When Thea enters into an arranged marriage with a stranger, her new life, in conflicted lust with her husband, turns into a different sort of prison. It is only after Thea gives birth to her own children that she comes to understand the mother she once sought to escape and that she can begin to fulfill her own unexpected destiny.