num_pages: 400
description: A razorsharp debut novel of three best friends navigating love sex faith and the one night that changes it all. Its always been Malak Kees and Jenna against the world. Since childhood under the watchful eyes of their parents aunties and uncles theyve learned to live their own lives alongside the expectations of being good Muslim women. Staying over at a boyfriend's place is disguised as a best friends sleepover and tiredness can be blamed on studying instead of partying. They know theyre existing in a perfect moment. With growing older and the stakes of love and life growing higher the delicate balancing act between rebellion and religion is becoming increasingly difficult to navigate. Malak wants the dream: for her partner community and faith to coexist happily and she wants this so much she's willing to break her own heart to get it. Kees is in love with Harry a white Catholic man who her parents can never know about. When he proposes she must decide between her future happiness and the life she knows and family she loves. Jenna is the life of the party always ready for new pleasures even though shes plagued by a loneliness she cant shake. Through it all they have always had each other. But as their college years come to a close one night changes everything when harsh truths are revealed. As their lives begin to take different paths Malak Kees and Jennanow on the precipice of true adulthoodmust find a way back to each other as they reconcile faith family and tradition with their own needs and desires. These Impossible Things is a paean to youth and female friendshipand to all the joy and messiness love holds. A Marie Claire Book Club Pick for June 2022 and a Most Anticipated Book by: Bustle theSkimm Fortune Apartment Therapy and BookRiot
language: English
title: These Impossible Things
publisher: Grand Central Publishing