The Syrian jewelry box

By Carina Sue Burns

Subjects: Biography, Family secrets, Identity (psychology), Middle east, description and travel, Burns, Carina Sue, Fathers and daughters, Adopted children -- Biography, Adopted children, Description and travel, Identity (Psychology), Middle East -- Description and travel, Europe -- Description and travel, Europe, description and travel, Fathers and daughters -- Biography

Description: Carina Rourke is a young American growing up in blissful innocence in the Middle East until at age fifteen she is captivated by an obsessive desire to search inside of her mother's forbidden jewelry box where she discovers a shocking family secret. On the heels of her discovery, she and her family pursue her father's dream of an exotic drive through the Middle East and Europe. This journey serves as a metaphor for the woman Carina becomes---a silent nomad searching for identity.