The Mismatch

Jafari, Sara

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Soraya Nazari is ready to make her mark on the world. If only she knew what that was going to be. The more Soraya strives to belong, the harder it is to blend in. Not least when, aged twenty-one, she still hasn’t been kissed. If she can tick that off the list, surely everything else will fall into place. Maybe a chance encounter with Magnus Evans – the last person Soraya could ever expect to fall for – will help her confront her past and understand where she is going next. Soraya’s mother, Neda, is striving to belong too. Decades ago she and her husband Hossein left Iran for England in the wake of revolution – and the aftershocks of their move are still being felt by their children.

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Publish Date: 24/06/2021
ISBN: 9781787465015 Category: Tag:

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‘Original, thought-provoking and gripping. I was hooked from the beginning and couldn’t put it down’ LIBBY PAGE

The Mismatch transported me back to that feeling of first love and first heartbreak. Enlightening, poignant and romantic’ SOPHIE COUSENS, author of This Time Next Year

‘I absolutely devoured it . . . Soraya and Neda’s stories were so gorgeously told’ – BETH REEKLES, author of The Kissing Booth

‘A powerful love and life story of past and present Iranian experiences in the UK. Beautiful writing and complex, fascinating characters’ HELLY ACTON, author of The Shelf
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Soraya knows she could never fall for someone like Magnus. He’s her complete opposite in every way.

Popular and confident, Magnus seems to have his life figured out, while Soraya has got to twenty-one and has somehow never been kissed.

Soraya’s mother Neda also knows what it’s like to feel mismatched. She left Iran with her husband in the wake of revolution, and the aftershocks of that decision are still being felt decades later.

When Soraya sets her sights on Magnus for her first kiss, the last thing she expects to find is first love.

But sometimes the person you least expect might turn out to be the perfect fit . . .

With unforgettable characters at its heart, THE MISMATCH is a pitch-perfect coming-of-age story and a fresh take on how what you think you want isn’t always what brings you happiness.
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‘An entertaining, heart-warming coming-of-age tale’
CULTUREFLY

‘Refreshing and engaging . . . a compelling new voice in contemporary fiction’ LAUREN HO, author of Last Tang Standing

‘Wonderful vibrant characters. [I] absolutely loved it’ KIRSTY CAPES, author of Careless

‘A compelling read . . . the family dynamics are so brilliantly charted’ – ZEBA TALKHANI, author of My Past is a Foreign Country

Heartbreaking and compelling – HALEH AGAR, author of Out of Touch

Additional information

Weight 319 g
Dimensions 198 × 129 × 27 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

400

Language

English

Edition

|Paperback original

Dewey

823.92 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K