Hana Babic is a librarian in Minnesota, and has lived her life in America under the radar. But when a close friend is murdered, her past threatens to engulf her once again. Her real identity is Nura Divjak, who is wanted for supposed war crimes against the Serbs during the 1990’s war in Bosnia. She fought on the side of the Bosniaks, or Bosnian Muslims, and her accused crimes were in fact perpetrated by the Serbs. Eskens does a masterful job of evoking emotions from the reader, as the story is based on the real lives of two people who were trapped in Bosnia during the war. The title refers to the outer layer of self that Hana projects, and the deeper layers that lie within. Descriptions of war crimes are quite graphic at times, so this is not a novel for the faint of heart. But given the current events, it is an important one…