"Shabanu, daughter of the windswept Cholistan Desert, is the youngest of Rahim's four wives. Rahim adores her, but neither Shabanu nor her young daughter, Mumtaz, is safe from the cruelty of his jealous older wives. Shabanu flees to the haveli, Rahim's old family home in the city. But there she faces danger of another sort. She falls totally in love with a man whose life is ruled by the very traditions that make their union impossible"--Publisher.

Includes Names of characters and glossary.