After a horrific accident, Lila, a young mother and teacher, is able to take on a new identity in order to hide from her manic husband. Her Jewish friend has given her a hamsa for good luck, a charm shaped like a hand, that is supposed to bring luck to the wearer in both Muslim and Jewish communities. And the charm works! Lila is taken in by a synagogue community where she finds a wondrful man to love, widowed father of one of her pupils. But her husband has not been quiet -- and his actions derail her charmed life. How she copes and survives is the story of this first novel by a seasoned writer.