She is irritatingly attracted to someone who looks down on her choices and who dresses like he belongs in the seventh century. Then she meets Khalid, who is just as smart and handsome as he is conservative and judgmental. Though Ayesha is lonely, she doesn’t want an arranged marriage. She lives with her boisterous Muslim family and is always being reminded that her flighty younger cousin, Hafsa, is close to rejecting her one hundredth marriage proposal. Her dreams of being a poet have been set aside for a teaching job so she can pay off her debts to her wealthy uncle. Goodreads Summary: “Ayesha Shamsi has a lot going on. Rep: Pakistani-Canadian, South Asian, Muslim Publisher: Corvus (an imprint of Atlantic Books) & Berkley Genre: #OwnVoices, Romance, Retellings, Contemporary You have to be ready for that love, and ready to make changes to welcome it into your life.” Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin “It’s not enough to find someone you love.
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