Amina Bennis has returned to her childhood home in Morocco to attend her sister's wedding. The time has come for her to confront her strict, traditionalist father with the secret she has kept for more than a year - her American husband Max.

Amina's best friend Charie, and Charlie's feisty grandmother Bea have come along for moral support, staying with Amina and her family in their palatial riad in Fes. But Charlie is hiding a secret from her past - a mystery man from Casablanca.

And then there's Samira, the Bennis's devoted housekeeper. Hers is the biggest secret of all - and the one that will strike at the very heart of the family...