Nina is Not OK

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Nina does not have a drinking problem. She likes a drink, sure. But what 17-year-old doesn't?

Nina's mum isn't so sure. But she's busy with her new husband and five year old Katie. And Nina's almost an adult after all.

And if Nina sometimes wakes up with little memory of what happened the night before, then her friends are all too happy to fill in the blanks. Nina's drunken exploits are the stuff of college legend.

But then one dark Sunday morning, even her friends can't help piece together Saturday night. All Nina feels is a deep sense of shame, that something very bad has happened to her...

A dark, funny - sometimes shocking - coming of age novel from one of the UK's leading comedians. NINA IS NOT O.K. will appeal to fans of Caitlin Moran and Lena Dunham.


© Shappi Khorsandi 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2016

Critics Review

Shappi Khorsandi is both funny and shocking, yet above all writes with warmth, giving Nina an intelligent voice. This girl could be you, or your daughter, or your friend, and I defy anyone not to love the endearing, messed-up Nina as she finds her way out of an alcohol-fuelled hell of her own making.

Daily Mail

dark and funny…brilliant

Simon Mayo

It’s absolutely bloody magnificent

Marian Keyes

Breathtakingly honest and laugh-out-loud funny… perfectly captures the anxieties of youth

Red Magazine

Khorsandi pulls no punches in her first novel…Equal parts straight-talking, funny and worrying, this is a coming-of-age tale rebooted for the era of social media and slut-shaming.

Glamour Magazine

Absolutely brilliant – funny, dark and terribly upsetting, and the voice is incredibly loud and true…a pure marvel

Jenny Colgan

Astoundingly good. An important, touching, powerful and occasionally funny read

Adam Hills

Nina Is Not OK is an entertaining, thought-provoking read…dark, honest, confessional story…shocking, rude and dark …while being ultimately incredibly moving and hopeful. Nina Is Not OK will have you chuckling, gasping and welling up as you follow Nina’s road to recovery and finding out what she needs to do to live the life she wants.

Psychologies

Unexpectedly moving, emotional and funny

(on Shappi Khorsandi)

I finished Nina Is Not Ok in one sitting. Funny, sharp, and heartbreakingly honest, this is Rachel’s Holiday for young adults

Louise O'Neill

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