ISBN: 9780593357170 - the mismatch: a novel (13 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Good. A kiss is never just a kiss in The Mismatch, a cross-generational story about love, family, faith, and finding yourself.   "Enlightening, poignant, and romantic . . . The Mismatch transported me back to that feeling of first love and first heartbreak."--Sophie Cousens, New York Times bestselling author of This Time Next Year Now that Soraya Nazari has graduated from university, she thinks it's time to get some of the life experience she feels she's lacking, partly due to her strict upbringing--and Magnus Evans seems like the perfect way to get it.   Where she's the somewhat timid, artistic daughter of Iranian immigrants, Magnus is the quintessential British lad. They have little in common, so there's no way Soraya could ever fall for him. What's the harm in having some fun as she navigates her postgrad life? And he could give her some distance from her increasingly complicated home life, where things are strained by her father's struggles, her mother's unhappiness and her eldest sister's estrangement under a vague cloud of shame fifteen years earlier.   Distracting herself with Magnus is easy at first. But just as Soraya realizes there's more to Magnus than she thought, long-buried secrets, and hard questions, begin to surface--will any of her relationships survive the truth coming out? Moving between modern-day London and revolutionary Iran, The Mismatch is a gorgeously written coming-of-age story that follows a young woman as she finds love in a most unexpected place, and a path in life amid two different cultures. …

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 352 pages. 8.00x5.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For a young woman who just wants to get her first kiss out of the way, a rugby player seems like the perfect mismatch. But a kiss is never just a kiss.Now that Soraya Nazari has graduated from university, she thinks it's high time she get some of the life experience she's still lacking partly due to her strict upbringing--and Magnus Evans seems like the perfect way to get it. Where she's the somewhat timid, artistic daughter of Iranian immigrants, Magnus is the quintessential British lad. With so little in common, Soraya knows there's no way she could ever fall for him, so what's the harm in having a little fun as she navigates who she wants to be in her post-grad life Besides, the more she discovers about her mother's past and the strain between her parents, the less appealing marriage becomes.Before long, Soraya begins to realize that there's much more to Magnus than meets the eye.but could she really have a relationship with him without losing the family that's already near tatters Is she more like her mother than she ever would have thought With unforgettable characters at its heart, The Mismatch is a gorgeously written coming-of-age story that shows love can be found in even the most unexpected places.…

Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorrnrnSara Jafari is a British Iranian writer whose work has been longlisted for Spread the Word s Life Writing Prize and published in gal-dem and The Good Journal. She is a contributor to I Will Not Be Erased and the upcoming r.