'Jila, the daughter of an Aboriginal woman and an Afghan cameleer, grows up on a mission after her mother's death and is sold for marriage by her father. When Johann, the young man she first met on the mission, reappears, Jila is hopeful that she may be freed from the arranged marriage.' Sources: http://librariesaustralia.nla.gov.au/ (Sighted 15 July 2009).