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y separately published work icon This Is How You Get Better single work   novel  
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 This Is How You Get Better
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'"Guilt is an emotion for which I have no time. It's exhausting, stops you from having any fun, and is the equivalent of one of those T-shirts that says 'I went to [insert adventure] and all I got was this lousy T-shirt'."

'In recovery mode after a messy divorce from a non-Muslim man, Lara Abdel-Aziz is estranged from her family and out of touch with her best friend Samira. Making ends meet by working in a fast food shop in Sydney, she also sings at a local bar, enjoying the anonymity of a favourite past-time. Local guitar player Leo is good company, but her only other interactions are with her mostly-absent flatmate Icky, and new age store owner Angela, who wants Lara to work for her and get in touch with her higher self.

'Lara is comfortably on autopilot until a near-assault at work forces her into counselling and she must start to unpack the events of her life and make peace with the past.

'Meanwhile, an unexpected encounter with Hakeem, the strict religious friend once in love with Samira, leads to an unlikely connection. As an attraction develops between them, they both begin to repair their broken lives.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

Notes

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Vaucluse, Sydney Eastern Harbourside, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Amal Awad , 2015 .
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      Extent: 403p.p.
      ISBN: 9780992422721, 0992422728
    • Neutral Bay, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Pantera Press , 2021 .
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      Extent: 314p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 2 November 2021.
      ISBN: 9780648795315

Works about this Work

Author Amal Awad Ruby Hamad , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 28 August - 3 September 2021;

'Across fiction and nonfiction, Palestinian–Australian author Amal Awad refuses to limit her work with reductive expectations. By Ruby Hamad.' 

Author Amal Awad Ruby Hamad , 2021 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 28 August - 3 September 2021;

'Across fiction and nonfiction, Palestinian–Australian author Amal Awad refuses to limit her work with reductive expectations. By Ruby Hamad.' 

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