Absorbing, compelling, and beautifully written .
It is a crackling, wryly clever depiction of standing on the precipice of adulthood, piecing together who it is you\'re meant to be..
Deftly transporting readers between that first night and the years beyond, Kasim Ali\'s Good Intentions exposes with unblinking authenticity the complexities of immigrant families and racial prejudice.
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.
And as their relationship develops, so too does Nur\'s self-destruction.
They start a conversation--first awkward, then absorbing.
At a party, he meets Yasmina, a beautiful and self-possessed aspiring journalist.
Once, Nur was a restless college student, struggling to fit in.
And it\'s come at a cost.
A young British Pakistani man, Nur has spent years omitting details about his personal life to maintain his image as the golden child.
If love really is a choice, how do you decide where your loyalties lie? It\'s the countdown to the New Year, and Nur is steeling himself to tell his parents that he\'s seeing someone. --Beth O\'Leary, bestselling author of The Flatshare The Big Sick meets 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.
Its ending brought me close to tears.
Absorbing, compelling, and beautifully written
