The offer is raw, direct: It's 30,000. 30,000 euros to leave Lagos and the despair that kills. 30,000 euros to reach Europe overflowing with wealth. A debt to which is added the rent that must be repaid in monthly installments by working ten hours a day on a street in the red light district of Antwerp.

Sisi, Ama, Efe and Joyce have left Nigeria, driven by this universal desire: to survive in order to build a better life. In the meantime, they share a modest apartment and go every evening to the windows of the red light district, their eyes fixed on the promises of Europe. But suddenly, the brutal murder of Sisi shatters the routine and the silences.

Their entire story then emerges from the depths of humanity. In this gripping novel, overflowing with vital energy, Chika Unigwe recounts with verve, grace and passion the trajectory of her heroines, battered by life but determined to take their future in hand. She thus delivers a rare look at female migration, the price of uprooting and the brutality of the Western dream.