In a hotel at the end of the world, two women, a Frenchwoman and an Afghan, reveal their strength and fragility. A missed connecting flight at the airport in Bahrain disrupts the narrator's journey to India, the country where her father grew up. She is forced to stay in a hotel, where she meets Mina, the Afghan woman who is traveling to Kabul to see her father one last time. The narrator becomes captivated by Mina's stories about India, Afghanistan, war, and the perilous escape along dangerous mountain roads to Berlin, where she must find her place. Unexpected resonances, like lights in the night, draw the two women closer together. Under the sensitive and poetic pen of Cécile Oumhani, the paths of exile and the wonder of an encounter unfold. A keen look at the commonalities of humanity. Beautiful. Alexandra Schwartzbrod, Libération A book that lingers long in the mind and heart. Michèle Bayar.