Everyone is welcome at our Contemporary Fiction book club, where on the first Wednesday of every month we discuss a recently-published paperback novel. In March, we'll be delving into Fundamentally by Nussaibah Younis.

Date:
Wednesday 1st April

Venue: 
Max Minerva's, 47 Henleaze Road, BS9 4JU

Time:
Doors at 18:30. Discussion at 18:45. Finish at 19:45.

Tickets:
Attendance for the book club is free, but if you could register your place through the website, it helps us to gauge numbers. 

If you would like to buy a copy of the book, you can order it through us and show up on the night. 

ABOUT Fundamentally

 A wildly funny and razor-sharp exploration of love, family, religion and the decisions we make in pursuit of belonging. 'By normal, you mean like you? A slag with a saviour complex?'Nadia 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.

Tasked 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.

A powerful friendship forms between the two women, until a secret confession from Sara threatens everything Nadia has been working for.