I am a first-time writer dabbling with my first novel. This story takes place in an island named Sri Lanka in the 1990s. Although a colonised country by the Portuguese, Dutch and British, Sri Lanka was slow to shed its cultural norms and social barriers that were subtle. This story is set in the backdrops of the hill country Nuwara Eliya (Little England) and Kandy the last kingdom following a life journey of a young woman who navigates through complex cultural norms that test the bonds she has with her family and friends and the patience of the man who loves her.