{"product_id":"fundamentally-by-nussaibah-younis","title":"Fundamentally by Nussaibah Youni","description":"\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the 2025 Women's Prize for Fiction \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA TIMES, OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, AND i PAPER BEST BOOK OF 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'BRILLIANT' THE TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A WILDLY WITTY DEBUT' FINANCIAL TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'ELECTRIC' GUARDIAN\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA wildly funny and razor-sharp exploration of love, family, religion and the decisions we make in pursuit of belonging.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'By normal, you mean like you? A slag with a saviour complex?'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNadia 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTasked 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA powerful friendship forms between the two women, until a secret confession from Sara threatens everything Nadia has been working for.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Funny, gripping and compassionate' DOLLY ALDERTON\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Funny, dirty and scathing truthful' HANIF KUREISHI\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Stunned me, moved me, made me laugh out loud' PANDORA SYKES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Essential reading' JONATHAN COE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A breath of fresh air' MARIAN KEYES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Original, funny and fearless' NINA STIBBE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT BEST PUBLISHED BOOK AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE COMEDY WOMEN IN PRINT PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS' AWARD\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE SKY ARTS BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat:Paperback \/ softback 336 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher:Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003eImprint:Weidenfeld \u0026amp; Nicolson\u003cbr\u003eISBN:9781399623940\u003cbr\u003ePublished:12 Feb 2026\u003cbr\u003eClassifications:Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003eWeight:236g\u003cbr\u003eDimensions:196 x 129 x 25 (mm)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wave of Nostalgia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63323827372381,"sku":null,"price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/8838\/2301\/files\/9781399623940.jpg?v=1770377565","url":"https:\/\/waveofnostalgia.co.uk\/products\/fundamentally-by-nussaibah-younis","provider":"Wave of Nostalgia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}