A daughter searches for her father; a mother for her son. From isolated Tasmania to vibrant Morocco, two women seek the truth about what happened to the same man.

Khadija is packing up her home of fifty years. In her box of special things are the last reminders she has of her so,n Ahmed, missing for more than twenty years. Her belongings take her back to her village childhood, her marriage and move to Marrakech.
In Tasmania, Zahra is in the throes of new motherhood and desperate for answers about her own identity. She decides to take her baby to Morocco and search for the father she has never known. There she finds an extensive loving family and a culture ready to embrace her, but no father.

Zahra and Khadija’s stories collide – giving Khadija the power to move on, and Zahra the courage to embrace her identity as a mother and a mixed-race woman, ready to create a fulfilling life for her son and herself.

A moving drama charting families, motherhood and loss, identity and belonging from a fantastic local debut author.

Nadia Mahjouri is a Moroccan Australian writer, counsellor, and group facilitator specialising in maternal mental health, as well as the host of the podcast The Whole Truth: Motherhood and the Writing Life. She and her family live in Hobart/nipaluna. Half Truth is her debut novel.