A moving novel about one woman's journey through the UK asylum system and very real detention centres such as Yarl's Wood. Soon to be a major film, written and directed by Christopher Hampton. From the author of }Choke Chain{ 'As compelling as it is tough, sidestepping piety in favour of clear-eyed infectious anger.' - Rebecca Nicolson Sunday TimesIrene Dalila Mwathi comes from Kenya with a brutally violent personal history.