Acclaimed creator Kaoru Mori (Emma, Shirley) brings the nineteenth-century Silk Road to lavish life, chronicling the story of Amir Halgal, a young woman from a nomadic tribe betrothed to a twelve-year-old boy eight years her junior. Coping with cultural differences, blossoming feelings for her new husband, and expectations from both her adoptive and birth families, Amir strives to find her role as she settles into a new life and a new home in a society quick to define that role for her.
A slice-of-life tale about a twenty-year old bride who marries a twelve-year old boy in 19th-century Asia.About the AuthorKaoru Mori's previous series, Emma, about a maid and a gentleman in Victorian England, has been lauded by Library Journal and was named to the YALSA Great Graphic Novels list
Book InformationISBN 9780316180993
Author Kaoru MoriFormat Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint Yen PressPublisher Little, Brown & Company