Three different mothers: Umm Mahmud, Umm Abdullah, Umm Khaled. And their three daughters: Marianne, Samira, and Lelia. All three of the mothers are used to their typical life of arranged marriages and being a child of either thirteen or fourteen to the highest family. This book illustrates the differences between generations and how over time Palestine as an entire entity has changed and there are more benefits for woman. Still it is all about custom, which I never truly wanted to understand. Why force a thirteen, even children younger around the age of six to be married? Although in this encounter, all three of the women are around thirteen to sixteen, but there daughters as well have married around the same age. I respect all different cultures, but that pull of differences between the right age and the fact that it happens, is astonishing.