Sanam Mahloudji

A riotously funny and deeply moving debut novel following five women from three generations of a once illustrious Iranian family as their lives are turned upside down. The word-of-mouth breakout STYLIST I enjoyed it enormously MARIAN KEYES Mesmerising MONICA ALI Glorious … richly satisfying SARAH WINMAN Funny and profound TASH AW ‘Exuberant, comic and perceptive’ AMINA CAIN Meet the women...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE 2025 ‘Enormously entertaining’ THE TIMES ‘Unputdownable’ HARPER'S BAZAAR ‘Funny, sharp and insightful … a triumph’ LAUREN LAVERNE ‘Magnificent’ BERNARDINE EVARISTO Five women. Three generations. A whole lot of family history. The Valiat family are in crisis. Elizabeth, the regal matriarch, remained in Tehran despite the...