Love from A to Z

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After confronting an Islamophobic teacher, outspoken Zayneb is suspended and sent to spend time with family in Doha. On the flight, she notices Adam, a thoughtful Muslim boy who has recently received a multiple-sclerosis diagnosis and is hiding it from his father and younger sister. Both keep journals modeled around “marvels” and “oddities,” recording moments of beauty and injustice from sharply different temperaments. Their meeting in Qatar opens a tentative romance, but Zayneb’s anger at prejudice and Adam’s fear of burdening his family complicate any easy closeness. Told through their alternating entries, the novel joins a contemporary love story to questions of faith, chronic illness, public injustice, and the cost of appearing fine when honesty feels dangerous.

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