{"product_id":"9781399623940","title":"Fundamentally : Shortlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Younis, Nussaibah\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 12 February 2026 by Orion Publishing Co (Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicolson) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e198 x 129\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'A NEW NAME TO WATCH OUT FOR' THE TIMES'THE DEBUT OF THE YEAR' STYLIST'ELECTRIC' GUARDIAN A wildly funny and razor-sharp exploration of love, family, religion and the decisions we make in pursuit of belonging. '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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSara is a precocious and sweary East Londoner who joined ISIS at just fifteen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNadia 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Funny, gripping and compassionate' DOLLY ALDERTON'Not only hysterically funny but trenchant and necessary. I loved it' INDIA KNIGHT'A raunchy, irreverent, touching and daring debut' PARINI SHROFF'Essential reading' JONATHAN COE'A breath of fresh air' MARIAN KEYES'Original, funny and fearless' NINA STIBBE\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Younis, Nussaibah","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52388950409400,"sku":"9781399623940","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781399623940.jpg?v=1765899955","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781399623940","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}