Romantic comedy at its best! A rave read!
Ayesha At Last by Uzma Jalaluddin
Wonderful look at traditional practices informing life. When Ayesha Shamsi covers for her cousin Hafsa, at firstly an arranged marriage interview, and then organizing a Muslim youth concert, she comes in contact with Khalid Mirza a conservative Muslim man who has agreed to his mother's suggestions for using a marriage broker.
The fact that Ayesha finds herself attracted to such a conservative man is somewhat troubling to her.
Ayesha is smart, a poet and a young woman struggling to find her destiny, interrupted as it is by her having to pay off her debts to a wealthy uncle.
Roughly following a pride and prejudice type trope this story is full of heart, laughter and love with a healthy dose of reality. I was right there with Ayesha in her journey. So present!
I really enjoyed this most unusual and throughly captivating novel from Canadian author Uzma Jalaluddin.
I must say I love the cover.
A Berkley Publishing Group ARC via NetGalley
*****
Wonderful look at traditional practices informing life. When Ayesha Shamsi covers for her cousin Hafsa, at firstly an arranged marriage interview, and then organizing a Muslim youth concert, she comes in contact with Khalid Mirza a conservative Muslim man who has agreed to his mother's suggestions for using a marriage broker.
The fact that Ayesha finds herself attracted to such a conservative man is somewhat troubling to her.
Ayesha is smart, a poet and a young woman struggling to find her destiny, interrupted as it is by her having to pay off her debts to a wealthy uncle.
Roughly following a pride and prejudice type trope this story is full of heart, laughter and love with a healthy dose of reality. I was right there with Ayesha in her journey. So present!
I really enjoyed this most unusual and throughly captivating novel from Canadian author Uzma Jalaluddin.
I must say I love the cover.
A Berkley Publishing Group ARC via NetGalley
*****
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