Description
This contemporary novel follows Nadia, an academic disowned by her puritanical mother and abandoned by her lover, Rosy. Seeking a new direction, she accepts a United Nations job in Iraq, where she is tasked with rehabilitating women who belonged to ISIS. Surrounded by bumbling colleagues, Nadia becomes entangled in the opaque world of international aid. There she meets Sara, a precocious, foul-mouthed East Londoner who joined ISIS at fifteen. Nadia is struck by their similarities: both are feisty and opinionated, come from Muslim backgrounds, and share a love of Dairy Milk and rude pick-up lines. A powerful friendship develops between them, until Sara’s secret confession threatens everything Nadia has been working for. Funny, compassionate and razor-sharp, the novel explores love, family, religion and the choices people make in pursuit of belonging, bringing heart, complexity and humour to one of the defining controversies of our age.
Information
Author: Younis Nussaibah
Language: English
Publication date: February 25, 2025
Manufacturer: Bohemian Ventures, spol. s r.o.
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Fiction in english, English novels, Adult lgbtq+ books in english, Lgbtq+ books in english
Type: Paperback book
Pages: 319
ISBN/EAN: 9781399623933