Something Blue
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4.8 • 4 Ratings
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- $24.99
Publisher Description
A novel about loving home and leaving home, but never escaping your roots. Or your footy colours.
Twenty-six-year-old Nicole Najim is struggling to find herself after a painful breakup, just when she thought she was going to settle down.
Working a dead-end job in the family car dealership and at a loose end, she picks up her camera and returns to the melting pot of Sydney’s West 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. Nicole must weigh her feelings against her deepest fears, all while chasing her own dreams and capturing the hidden truths around her.
Alex Sarkis writes with warmth, humour, and a spot-on eye for the characters and suburbs of the world she grew up in.
Customer Reviews
This needs to be made into a movie
I absolutely loved Something Blue. It was the first audiobook I listened to, and I finished it within a week because I was completely hooked from the very beginning. I found myself looking for any excuse to put my headphones in and keep listening.
What really made this story stand out was how authentically Western Sydney it felt. As someone from Western Sydney, I could relate to so much of it. The family dynamics, the “wog” culture, the unspoken expectations from parents and extended family, the humour, the banter, and the community all felt incredibly real. It wasn’t an exaggerated version of Western Sydney—it felt like home. I honestly felt like I knew these people. We’ve all met these characters, grown up with them, or have family members just like them, and that made the story so much more meaningful.
The romance was beautiful, but what I loved most was how it balanced the love story with the realities of family, culture and identity. It captured the push and pull between following your own path and meeting the expectations of those you love in a way that felt honest and relatable.
The narrator was also fantastic. She brought every character to life so naturally, and the accents, humour and emotion made the listening experience even better. It never felt like someone reading a book—it felt like the characters were telling me their story.
I was genuinely sad when it ended because I wasn’t ready to leave these characters behind. Something Blue is funny, heartfelt, nostalgic and so uniquely Western Sydney. I can’t recommend it highly enough, especially if you’ve grown up in a big ethnic family—you’ll see so much of yourself and the people around you in these pages.