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Good Intentions by Kasim Ali
The Big Sick meets Nick Hornby in Kasim Ali's debut Good Intentions, a 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...If love really is a choice, how do you decide where your loyalties lie?It's the countdown to midnight on New Year's Eve 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 eldest child. And it's come at a cost.Once, Nur was a restless and insecure college student, struggling to present himself after being transplanted from his hometown with only the vaguest sense of ambition. At a packed house party, he meets Yasmina, a beautiful and self-possessed aspiring journalist. They start a conversation--first awkward, then absorbing--that grabs Nur's attention like never before. And as their relationship develops, moving from