Outstanding debut: the story of Pakistan with a tender love at its center. Brooklyn, 2022: Ayukta owes her wife an answer to the question she has always avoided: Should they have a child? The decision is complicated by the history of her family, as Ayukta carries not only her own memories. An ancestral memory that spans a thousand years and connects all the women in her family is both an impossible burden and an incredible gift. Ayukta experiences the trauma of her grandmother Amla, who was a happy child in Karachi before her mother’s death and had to emigrate during the partition of the country. Amla's daughter Arni takes us to Gujarat in 1974, where gender equality and the differences between urban classes are challenged, while a student-led political movement creates unstable conditions. Ayukta tells not only her own story but also the bloody years of the partition of her homeland, decades filled with love, loss, heartache, and rebirth.