"Zaha knew from a young age that she wanted to be an architect. She set goals for herself and followed them against all odds. A woman in a man's world, and a person of color in a white field, Zaha was met with resistance at every turn. When critics calledher a diva and claimed her ideas were unbuildable, she didn't let their judgments stop her from setting goals and achieving them one by one. She persisted, she followed her dreams, and she succeeded"--...

A biography of architect Zaha Hadid, who grew up in Baghdad and went on to design buildings all over the world.