ABOUT
THE BOOK

Who picked up whom?
Is the pickup the illegal immigrant desperate to evade deportation to his impoverished desert country?
Or is the pickup the powerful businessman’s daughter trying to escape a privileged background she despises?
When Julie Summers’ car breaks down in a sleazy street at a garage, a young Arab emerges from beneath the chassis of a vehicle to aid her. The consequences are unpredictable and intense, as each person’s notions of the other are overturned.