The good sister
Jones, Morgan2019
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A disenfranchised seventeen-year-old leaves behind a challenging family life in London for the sense of purpose and contribution promised by a new life in Raqqa, but when the intentions there are found to be more impure and ruthless than she had imagined it turns out that such a change of heart might prove complex or dangerous. 'Syria, Isis, radicalisation, parental love & the zeitgeist wrapped up in a poetic page-turner of epic proportions' - James O'Brien, author of How to Be RightWhat would you do if your daughter fled towards danger? Morgan Jones' The Good Sister shows just how far one father will go to rescue a daughter who doesn't want to be saved. One quiet morning, with her father still asleep, seventeen-year old Sofia Mounir, disillusioned with her life in London, boards a flight to Turkey.By the time the police know she's missing, Sofia is already in Syria, ready to fight for the only cause she still believes in.Her devastated father knows he must save her and will go to the end of the earth to bring her back.But how do you rescue a daughter who doesn't want to be saved?
Main title:
The good sister / Morgan Jones.
Author:
Jones, Morgan, author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Pan Books, 2019.
Collation:
366 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: London: Mantle, 2018.
ISBN:
9781447233633 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92
LC class:
PR6113.O7483
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
383409