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*ONLINE* Azadeh Moaveni hosts Pip Adam and Guy Gunaratne for BookBound

Guest House for Young Widows author Azadeh Moaveni will be hosting a conversation between novelist and human rights journalist, Guy Gunaratne and celebrated New Zealand author and podcaster, Pip Adam as part of the digital literary festival BookBound. Join Azadeh, Guy and Pip live from the BookBound YouTube account on Friday 1 May at 9.15pm for an honest, hemisphere-straddling conversation about writing, life and the truths in-between. 

For more information visit the BookBound website here

Guest House for Young Widows

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON FICTION AND THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE.

A GUARDIAN AND OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR.

An intimate, deeply reported account of the women who made a shocking decision: to leave their comfortable lives behind and join the Islamic State.

In early 2014, the Islamic State clinched its control of Raqqa in Syria. Baghdadi, the leader of ISIS, urged Muslims around the world to come join the caliphate. Having witnessed the brutal oppression of the Assad regime in Syria, and moved to fight for justice, thousands of men and women heeded his call.

At the heart of this story is…

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Guest House for Young Widows

Azadeh Moaveni

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