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Sunburnt Veils
Sunburnt Veils | Sara Haghdoosti
4 posts | 2 read | 10 to read
Sunburnt Veils is a smart, funny, character-based exploration of Islamophobia through a heroine who's the kind of girl who reads at parties, but pushes herself to take a visible stand after a fellow student calls in a bomb threat on her first day of university, after she leaves a bag in a lecture theatre to take a phone call.
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Lauredhel
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Sunburnt Veils was really good! Tara is excited to start first year at Sydney Uni, her eyes laser focused on keeping her head down and getting into med school. All eyes are on her on day one in an Islamophobic incident, & she has to decide : take off her hijab and fade into the background, or stand up for herself? Great female friendship, plus romance with a Pride & Prejudice vibe, plus Muslim queer pride. No stereotypes here. #loveozya #romantsy

Reggie Sounds great! Stacked! 3y
Lauredhel @Reggie should I mention my minor reservations now? :) the pop culture references are dated, and there are a couple of glaring proper-noun typos early on. Not major issues. 3y
Reggie @Lauredhel lol, that‘s fine. I read a YA 2 years ago where they made a Good Will Hunting joke and I thought, would kids actually get the reference? In the large scope it didn‘t really matter cause it was really good. (edited) 3y
Lauredhel @Reggie same (mostly). I am all about the Buffy references, but the Harry Potter ones frankly need to be ditched. Our at least challenged in some way, when we're talking about LGBTQIA+ aware young adults. 3y
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Lauredhel
Sunburnt Veils | Sara Haghdoosti
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Opening Sunburnt Veils now. #loveozya #weneeddiversebooks

On my hook : colour block cardigan in Malabrigo Rios.

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Missusb
Sunburnt Veils | Sara Haghdoosti
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Really enjoying this #ownvoices small published #diverse book set in first year uni. Tara runs for student union and her campaign manager confuses her. Smart and witty, I am reading for #bookclub Plus a plant of some sort.

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Lauredhel
Sunburnt Veils | Sara Haghdoosti
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Great assortment in today's library haul. #graphicnovel #loveozya #weneeddiversebooks

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