{"product_id":"good-intentions-9781250871121","title":"Good Intentions","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Absorbing, compelling, and beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e. Its ending brought me close to tears.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e--Beth O'Leary, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Flatshare\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Big Sick \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emeets Nick Hornby in Kasim Ali's 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf love really is a choice, how do you decide where your loyalties lie?\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It's the countdown to the New Year, and Nur is steeling himself to tell his parents that he's 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 it's come at a cost. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOnce, Nur was a restless college student, struggling to fit in. At a party, he meets Yasmina, a beautiful and self-possessed aspiring journalist. They start a conversation--first awkward, then absorbing. And as their relationship develops, so too does Nur's self-destruction. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDeftly transporting readers between that first night and the years beyond, Kasim Ali's \u003ci\u003eGood Intentions \u003c\/i\u003eexposes 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 you're meant to be.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKasim Ali \u003c\/b\u003eworks at Penguin Random House, has previously been short-listed for Hachette's Mo Siewcharran Prize and long-listed for the 4th Estate BAME Short Story Prize, and has contributed to \u003ci\u003eThe Good Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. He comes from Birmingham and lives in London. \u003ci\u003eGood Intentions\u003c\/i\u003e is Ali's first novel.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Holt Paperbacks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50508686950674,"sku":"9781250871121","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_18392ee6-1eb1-47cc-85ff-1d0bb4f92e3a.jpg?v=1730879333","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/good-intentions-9781250871121","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}