It is the early 1950s when Khan and her twin brother, Lijah, are born to unmarried and poverty-stricken parents. The color of golden corn with dark curls and an oval-shaped face, Khan's extraordinary beauty overshadows the fact that she is born with twelve fingers and eleven toes. As Khan enters the world, she has no idea that her trials are just beginning. As she grows into a young girl, Khan has big dreams despite being shuttled off to live with her grandmother by her emotionally distant mother. Her twin brother is her confidant, but they are separated at age ten when Khan is taken to live with the mother she barely knows. After being rejected by a local hospital's nursing program, Khan moves to England to live with yet another set of strangers while she pursues her education. Excited and scared in a land thousands of miles from home, Khan is desperate for her father's approval. As she faces insurmountable obstacles, Khan must prove her inner strength is more powerful than her most difficult challenges.