These Impossible Things

Salma El-Wardany

From Shelf: Diverse Books Awards 2023 Longlist, Adult

A heartfelt novel that charts the dreams and disappointments of a group of British Muslim women; Jenna, Kees and Malak.

'Captures the fierceness of female friendship' BETH O'LEARY | 'The essential book on sisterhood' NIKITA GILLShortlisted for the Diverse Book Awards 2023

Three women. One life-changing friendship. One chance to stop it all falling apart . . . Jenna, Kees and Malak have been friends for years: the three of them together against the world. But when one night changes everything, they're left adrift from one another as their lives take different paths.Encountering new milestones and heartbreaks without each other's support feels increasingly difficult--in the wake of heartbreaks, marriages, new careers and new beginnings, they need each other more than ever. Will they be able to forgive each other in time?These Impossible Things tells the story of three British Muslim women reconciling love, loss, womanhood, faith and how we navigate the bumps in life that can feel impossible to overcome.READERS LOVE THESE IMPOSSIBLE THINGS 'Absolutely loved it and couldn't bear to put it down!' 'This book has left me speechless' 'A cross-cultural celebration of friendship, without being saccharine and cliched' 'I genuinely do not know what I will read next because I wonder what else might make me feel as seen and understood as these pages'