Eloise "Ellie" Turner is an aspiring fashion designer who loves the music of the Swinging Sixties. One night, she has a vivid dream where she is transported to the 1960s and meets a young singer named Sandie. As Sandie's life unfolds in Ellie's dreams, the horrors of the past gradually appear in the present reality.

In war-torn Syria, a dedicated team of female doctors tirelessly treat casualties in an underground hospital while battling systemic sexism. Dr. Amani Ballour and her colleagues work to provide hope and safety within their subterranean hospital in a way that would be unthinkable in the patriarchal society above ground.

Young novelist Rama attends the trial of Laurence Coly, a Senegalese immigrant accused of killing her 15-month-old daughter by abandoning her on a beach in northern France. But as the trial continues, the words of the accused will shake Rama's convictions and raise complex issues in this haunting portrait of the immigrant experience.