'FUNNY, GRIPPING AND COMPASSIONATE'
DOLLY ALDERTON
'A REAL TREAT . . . BASICALLY BRIDGET JONES IN IRAQ'
THE TIMES
'THIS SMART, PUNCHY BOOK IS DESTINED TO SPARK CONVERSATION'
IRISH TIMES
By normal, you mean like you? A slag with a saviour complex?
Nadia is an academic who's been disowned by her puritanical mother and dumped by her lover, Rosy. She decides to make a getaway, accepting a UN job in Iraq. Tasked with rehabilitating ISIS women, Nadia becomes mired in the opaque world of international aid, surrounded by bumbling colleagues.
Sara is a precocious and sweary East Londoner who joined ISIS at just fifteen.
Nadia is struck by how similar they are: both feisty and opinionated, from a Muslim background, with a shared love of Dairy Milk and rude pick-up lines. A powerful friendship forms between the two women, until a secret confession from Sara threatens everything Nadia has been working for.
A bitingly original, wildly funny and razor-sharp exploration of love, family, religion and the decisions we make in pursuit of belonging, Fundamentally upends and explores a defining controversy of our age with heart, complexity and humour.
'TACKLES RADICALISM AND RACISM, FAITH AND FRIENDSHIP, WITH DEXTERITY, DEEP CARE AND A LARGE DOSE OF LAUGHTER'
GUARDIAN
'THE DEBUT OF THE YEAR'
STYLIST
'ORIGINAL, FUNNY AND FEARLESS'
NINA STIBBE
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Fundamentally 9781399623926 Hardback
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Page turner about roots and connection
I couldn’t put this down, funny and really enjoyed the nuanced perspectives and seemingly opposite choices of the characters and their search for roots and belonging.
- Authors:
- Younis, Nussaibah
- Year Published:
- 2025
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Hardback
- ISBN:
- 9781399623926
- Number of Pages:
- 336
- Publication Date:
- 25/02/2025
- Publisher:
- Orion Publishing Co
- Language:
- English
- Place of Publication:
- London
- SKU:
- 9781399623926