In the shadow of a devout family, a daughter tries to live her life without breaking the rules...

Lina has always been the apple of her father's eye. When she meets Anil, a wealthy, cultured and decidedly liberal student of architecture from Kenya's Asian community, the intensity of her feelings for someone so different takes her by surprise. She is political and he is not; she is of modest background and he is not; she is a Muslim and he is not ...

While Lina's parents still dream of a suitable boy for their eldest daughter, she engages in an intricate game of deceit to hide her blossoming relationship.

When Lina's mother chances upon a suitcase of their love letters, a moral chasm threatens to tear the family and the lovers apart.

Bold, lyrical, and deeply moving, The Obscure Logic of the Heart interleaves two narratives: one intimate, one epic. From the streets of Birmingham to the plains of Kenya and the refugee camps of Sudan, Priya Basil examines the tumultuous lives of two people trapped between the dictates of faith and love.