Nussaibah Younis

“I have spent an absurd proportion of my life in the library. My mother used to take me and my four siblings to the library every week—religiously. She did everything religiously. Especially religion. At the library we would each pick out four or five books, and mum would inspect them to ensure we hadn’t selected anything scandalous, before letting us check them out.”

A wickedly funny and audacious debut novel following an academic who flees from heartbreak and lands in Iraq with a one-of-a-kind job offer—only to be forced to do the work of confronting herself.

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With starred reviews from publications including Library Journal and AudioFile—your patrons will want to read these much-anticipated books that reviewers are raving about.