The Good Sister by Morgan Jones
A young woman leaves her life in London behind, to fight for the only cause she truly believes in. But what happens when she discovers that its not everything she dreamed it would be?
Syria, Isis, radicalisation, parental love & the zeitgeist wrapped up in a poetic page-turner of epic proportions * James O'Brien *
Sofia’s visceral chronicle of self-radicalisation is delivered in a persuasive voiceIt could have been a literary novel along the lines of Kamila Shamsie’s award-winning Home Fire, but a tense second strand is added – the desperate Abraham, whom she regards as westernised and lost to the faith, travelling to Syria in an attempt to save her. His terrifying encounters with people-traffickers and violent jihadis pulse with tension. But the real achievement of the novel lies in the portrait of a naive young woman realising that the pure religious caliphate she has committed to is a place of betrayal, misogyny and lethal danger. * Guardian *
Morgan Jones’s The Good Sister centres on a father heading to Syria via Turkey on a rescue mission . . . Interwoven with his narrative is the first-person story of his teenage daughter Sofia, a devout Muslim who flees to the “caliphate”, where she is swiftly married to a mujahid . . . Both are handled remarkably convincingly in an enthralling adventure story peopled with memorable characters * Sunday Times *
Deft, complex and believable plotting, tense, gut-wrenching action, and classy literary writing -- Kirkus (on The Jackal's Share)
Morgan Jones weaves an engaging narrative -- Financial Times (on The Jackal's Share)
Sofia’s visceral chronicle of self-radicalisation is delivered in a persuasive voiceIt could have been a literary novel along the lines of Kamila Shamsie’s award-winning Home Fire, but a tense second strand is added – the desperate Abraham, whom she regards as westernised and lost to the faith, travelling to Syria in an attempt to save her. His terrifying encounters with people-traffickers and violent jihadis pulse with tension. But the real achievement of the novel lies in the portrait of a naive young woman realising that the pure religious caliphate she has committed to is a place of betrayal, misogyny and lethal danger. * Guardian *
Morgan Jones’s The Good Sister centres on a father heading to Syria via Turkey on a rescue mission . . . Interwoven with his narrative is the first-person story of his teenage daughter Sofia, a devout Muslim who flees to the “caliphate”, where she is swiftly married to a mujahid . . . Both are handled remarkably convincingly in an enthralling adventure story peopled with memorable characters * Sunday Times *
Deft, complex and believable plotting, tense, gut-wrenching action, and classy literary writing -- Kirkus (on The Jackal's Share)
Morgan Jones weaves an engaging narrative -- Financial Times (on The Jackal's Share)
For over a decade Morgan Jones worked for the world’s largest investigations company, where he specialized in Russian matters and international disputes. Under the name Chris Morgan Jones, he wrote three novels about that world: An Agent of Deceit, The Jackal’s Share and The Searcher. The Good Sister is his first novel writing as Morgan Jones. He lives in London with his wife and two children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781509832491 |
| ISBN 10 | 1509832491 |
| Title | The Good Sister |
| Author | Morgan Jones |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Pan Macmillan |
| Year published | 2018-07-12 |
| Number of pages | 384 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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