This collection is a poignant tribute to the oft-muted voices of women, whose resounding echoes linger on the periphery of lives steeped in contradictions and tragedies. 

Maria Abbas, through her stories, embarks on a mission to mend the wounds inflicted by war on these lives – scars of violence, repression, and persecution in a country that continues to grapple with the anguish of ongoing conflicts.

Her narratives resonate with emotions that mirror the ordeals of a demographic of women and girls who endure injustice in various facets of their lives: from matters of love and matrimony to education, employment, and even the upheaval of displacement and seeking asylum.

In "The Eucalyptus Tree Also Betrays," Maria Abbas skillfully plucks the heartstrings of women's pain, weaving from it a bittersweet melody that underscores the right of her heroines to the lives they desire. In doing so, she traces a cartography of the injustices weighing upon their hearts, with an earnest desire to emancipate and release them into a world that embraces their autonomy, granting them the respect they undeniably deserve.