# Fundamentally

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- Book: [Fundamentally](https://www.bookquiver.com/nussaibah-younis/fundamentally) ([Fundamentally.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/nussaibah-younis/fundamentally.md))
- Authors: [Nussaibah Younis](https://www.bookquiver.com/nussaibah-younis)
- Publisher: w_n
- Medium: audio
- ISBN: 978-13-9962-396-4
- Published: 2025-02-25
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Audiobook

## Description

SHORTLISTED 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. 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. '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