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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION<BR><BR>A TIMES, OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, AND i PAPER BEST BOOK OF 2025<BR><BR>'BRILLIANT' THE TIMES<BR>'A WILDLY WITTY DEBUT' FINANCIAL TIMES<BR>'ELECTRIC' GUARDIAN<BR><BR> A wildly funny and razor-sharp exploration of love, family, religion and the decisions we make in pursuit of belonging. <BR>'By normal, you mean like you? A slag with a saviour complex?'<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>Sara is a precocious and sweary East Londoner who joined ISIS at just fifteen.<BR><BR>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.<BR><BR>'Funny, gripping and compassionate' DOLLY ALDERTON<BR>'Funny, dirty and scathing truthful' HANIF KUREISHI<BR>'Stunned me, moved me, made me laugh out loud' PANDORA SYKES<BR>'Essential reading' JONATHAN COE<BR>'A breath of fresh air' MARIAN KEYES<BR>'Original, funny and fearless' NINA STIBBE<BR><BR>WINNER OF THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT BEST PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD<BR>WINNER OF THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD <BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS' AWARD<BR>SHORTLISTED FOR THE SKY ARTS BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR