Gustava er opkaldt efter Gustav von Aschenbach- hovedpersonen i Thomas Manns roman Døden i Venedig

der kæmper med sin fortid

En kvindelig maler er en malerinde

en usentimental

"Tusmørket er et forvandlingssted

Fundamentally Gustava er opkaldt efter GustavNadia is an academic who's been disowned by her puritanical mother and dumped by her lover, Rosy. She decides to make a getaway, accepting a UN job in Iraq. Tasked with rehabilitating ISIS women, Nadia becomes mired in the opaque world of international aid, surrounded by bumbling colleagues. Sara is a precocious and sweary East Londoner who joined ISIS at just fifteen. Nadia is struck by how similar they are: both feisty and opinionated, from a Muslim