Lisa Halaby started out her life as the daughter of a wealthy family. Her family is Arab-American. She was very smart, and wealthy enough to go to Princeton, with the first class that allowed women! She graduated with a degree in architecture and urban planning, which is an interesting career in itself. She met King Hussein of Jordan while visiting her father, and a relationship developed between them. This book goes into all that happened during that meeting and how she became a queen in the Middle East. It was a really interesting story, and her experiences were unusual.