In the aftermath of the Iranian revolution, rare-gem dealer Isaac Amin is arrested, wrongly accused of being a spy. His family, terrified by his disappearance, must reconcile a new world of cruelty and chaos while he navigates the terrors of prison. His wife feverishly searches for him while suspecting that their once-trusted housekeeper has turned on them and is now acting as an informer. A page turner simmering with questions of identity, alienation, love and those intangible smells and sights of a place called home.