Josephine, a Filipino maid in Kuwait, naively thinks she has fallen in love with a young Kuwaiti, Rashid. But when she becomes pregnant with his child, and with the rumble of the Gulf War growing louder, Rashid abandons her and sends her home with their baby son, Jose.
Jose grows up clinging to the hope of returning to his father's country someday, but will his Kuwaiti family live up to his expectations?
Genre: Literary Fiction
Jose grows up clinging to the hope of returning to his father's country someday, but will his Kuwaiti family live up to his expectations?
Genre: Literary Fiction
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