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An unbelievably gorgeous debutAngie Kim bestselling author of Miracle Creek
For fans of The Big Sick and Nick Hornbya magnetic debut novel about a young man who has hidden a romance from his parents unable to choose between familial obligation and the future he truly wants
If love really is a choice how do you decide where your loyalties lie
Its the countdown to the New Year and Nur is steeling himself to tell his parents that hes seeing someone A young British Pakistani man Nur has spent years omitting details about his personal life to maintain his image as the golden child And its come at a cost
Once Nur was a restless college student struggling to fit in At a party he meets Yasmina a beautiful and selfpossessed aspiring journalist They start a conversationfirst awkward then absorbing And as their relationship develops so too does Nurs selfdestruction He falls deeper into traps of his own making attempting to please both Yasmina and his family until he must finally reveal the truth Yasmina is Black and he loves her
Deftly transporting readers between that first night and the years beyond Kasim Alis Good Intentions exposes with unblinking authenticity the complexities of immigrant families and racial prejudice It is a crackling wryly clever depiction of standing on the precipice of adulthood piecing together who it is youre meant to be
A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company
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