This Scandinavian bestseller set in South Asia, is a well-informed and exciting peek into the world of diplomacy and international relations. It offers an entrance to a place where career diplomats cross paths with struggling garment workers and shady factory owners, and where tennis matches and pool parties influence global politics. A Scandinavian diplomatic family with small children prepares to move to the bustling mega city of Dhaka, Bangladesh. Sofia is committed to work with women's rights and climate change, while her husband is looking forward to improving his tennis and spending more time with their children. At the same time, two Bangladeshi sisters flee village life. They move into the slums surrounding the diplomatic mansions and are soon pulled into the petty commercialism surrounding the booming garment industry. Then, one of the sisters is hired as nanny to the Scandinavian family's children. Slowly, but inexorably, the two worlds merge. Thorfinn's full-bodied and efficient writing style takes the reader on a journey to Bangladesh, where the challenges of poverty and climate change are juxtaposed with domestic humdrum and office politics. As a reader of this colourful narrative you walk the bustling streets of Dhaka, both as a diplomat and a garment girl.