A sweeping, multi-generational novel about three estranged Iraqi-British sisters who are grappling with the legacies of war, exile and family secrets. Floodlines beautifully and seamlessly intertwines a multitude of themes, from living as an artist to living in exile, from the long afterlife of trauma to queerness and the climate crisis. It’s an emotionally wrenching novel full of complex women characters that also transports us to the long-lost Iraq of the 1950s and Iraq today.