A love letter to Western Sydney from a stunning new discovery in Australian fiction. Nicole Najim is struggling to find herself after a painful breakup just when so many of her friends are settling down. Working a dead-end job in the family car dealership and at a loose end she picks up a camera and returns to the melting pot of Sydneys West an area largely ignored by the rest of tribal Sydney to rediscover her roots. When she catches up with childhood friend Danny who makes his living in a shadowy underworld their relationship intensifies just as the law starts to close in forcing Nicole to choose her own dreams even as those she loves are lost.Alex Sarkis writes with warmth humour and a spot-on eye for the characters and suburbs of the world she grew up in. This is a debut about loving home and leaving home and never escaping your roots. Or your footy colours.
