The problems of marital life are numerous, and they vary in intensity, and the harshest one of them all is the silent separation between the spouses without divorce, the effects of which become unbearable for the children in the first place, and this is what Seren and her older sister experienced in the events of this novel after her Turkish father separated from her Emirati mother since she was a fetus in her mother’s womb, trying to cope with life and ignoring the feeling of being deprived of a father to turn to in the battlefield of life.

So what caused the feeling of guilt inside Seren to make her existence a bitter one, seeing as she was the reason for her parents’ separation before her eyes even saw the light of life? And how did she risk trying to delve into deeper details that escalated her pain and transformed her cheerful personality into a sad one while she struggles with the harsh feelings of rage and anger?