Two women a mother in India & a daughter in rural England struggle to find their way back to each other as they try to re-shape lives damaged by the contemporary dilemmas of displacement & uncertain cultural identity Maya Fielding is the child of a destructive & failed inter-racial marriage that has left her emotionally fragile & holding on fiercely despite her exotic appearance to her chosen English identity Newly married to John Carter can she resolve her problems accept her past forge a reconciliation with her parents & find happiness?