In seedy Joburg, stands Hotel Baghdad, home to prostitutes, Khanya, Pinky, Netta and Damaris who secretly raise an orphaned child, and fight to keep him when social services discovers their secret.

In 1960s Yugoslavia, a visionary woman unites village housewives into a knitting collective. Their traditional crafts become global fashion hits, transforming rural lives and defying norms.

When a mysterious sound haunts thousands, Basia Carter, a Canadian musicologist, learns she’s among the 4% who hear it. Investigating disappearances, she uncovers a global conspiracy.

An aristocratic poet falls in love with a black Jazz musician. Their passionate and tumultuous relationship is tested as they are forced to confront issues of race and class in an era of prejudice.