You're Not Proper May Menassa Somerset to Cumbria

Somerset to Cumbria

“Go forth and multiply” was the first commandment in the Bible

“These are the poems of a wide-ranging intelligence greedy for experience - but also offering us her own sharp and entertaining ‘criticism of life’

middle ground between extremes that seems most fertile

Dimitris Tsaloumas

You're Not Proper May Menassa Somerset to CumbriaKarens dad is Muslim from Pakistan and her mother is white Christian, and Karen feels as if she doesn't quite fit in . . . anywhere. So she's made a choice: she's switching sides. Shes going to convert to Islam to find her true identity. But Shamshad, her hijab wearing school mate, isnt making things easy for her. What's her deal, anyway? Is Shamshad really any more proper than her? Turmoil erupts as school battles are replaced by family troubles;