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<p><b>SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION</b><br><br><b>''A NEW NAME TO WATCH OUT FOR'' <i>THE TIMES</i><br>''THE DEBUT OF THE YEAR'' <i>STYLIST<br></i>''ELECTRIC'' <i>GUARDIAN</i></b><br><br><b><h3> A wildly funny and razor-sharp exploration of love, family, religion and the decisions we make in pursuit of belonging. </h3></b><br><i>''By normal, you mean like you? A slag with a saviour complex?''</i><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><b>''Funny, gripping and compassionate'' DOLLY ALDERTON</b><br><b>''Not only hysterically funny but trenchant and necessary. I loved it'' INDIA KNIGHT</b><br><b>''A raunchy, irreverent, touching and daring debut'' PARINI SHROFF</b><br><b>''Essential reading'' JONATHAN COE</b><br><b>''A breath of fresh air'' MARIAN KEYES</b><br><b>''Original, funny and fearless'' NINA STIBBE</b></p>