After the discovery of a well-hidden family secret, a young American expat sets out to find the truth while she must deal with her now estranged mother.

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Carina Rourke is a young American growing up in Saudi Arabia until at age fifteen she is captivated by an obsession to peek inside of her mother’s forbidden jewelry box. Her mother, Renate, is overly secretive and tight lipped about her past. When Renate must visit her ailing mother in Germany, Carina grabs the opportunity and discovers a shocking family secret inside the jewelry box.

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Carina Rourke is a young American growing up in blissful innocence in the Middle East until at age fifteen she is captivated by an obsessive desire to search inside of her mother’s forbidden jewelry box. Carina discovers a shocking family secret. On the heels of her discovery, she and her family pursue her father’s dream; an exotic drive through the Middle East and Europe, which serves as a metaphoric journey for the woman Carina becomes---a silent nomad searching for identity. When they reach Paris, the city’s temptations engulf her. French pastries become a dangerous addiction and an accomplice in silence. And so, does the love of a mysterious Tunisian. Many years later, as a married mother in Holland, Carina draws on her father’s wisdom to finally confront the family secret to heal herself and her family.