The gulf between us

Annie Lester's life is quite a challenge. A single mother to three boys, her ex-boyfriend is now an international film star. Whilst tolerating her bigoted brother, she's trying to avoid a dismissive film producer with a mission to annoy her. And Annie Lester tackles all this in the small Gulf emirate of Hawar, where, in 2002, America's invasion of Iraq reverberates. As her life unravels in unexpec...