Lena Winfrey Seder grew up with a loving Christian family in the Virginia countryside. As a shy young woman, she sought to expand her horizons and fly, like a butterfly. At first, her focus was on worldly success and fame, but when she found herself unable to obtain satisfactory answers to her doubts about religious traditions, she began a spiritual quest for the truth. She emerged from her cocoon with Islam by her side, to guide her in her life and travels.