In a tent at the foot of a mountain in Palestine, hundreds of years ago, our storyteller and her twin sister are born. Her newlywed parents name her Qamr (Moon) and her sister Shams (Sun). Their small caravan is journeying from the mothers city back to the fathers remote ancestral village atop the mountain. This village suffers from isolation and a curse, which her young family tries to undo. But when both her parents lives are cut short, Qamr and...