sentences:  The plot continually shifts back and forth between Diouana's present life in France where she works as a domestic servant, and flashbacks of her previous life in Senegal.During flashbacks of Diouana's life in Senegal, it is revealed that she comes from a very poor village outside of Dakar.Most people in the village cannot read or write, and each day Diouana would roam around the city in the hopes of finding a job.