

She is irritatingly attracted to someone who looks down on her choices and 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. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Ayesha At Last: A Novel. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets.

The protagonist Ayesha has dreams of being a poet but has set them aside for a teaching job so she can pay off her debts to her wealthy uncle. Ayesha At Last: A Novel - Kindle edition by Jalaluddin, Uzma. The novel was shopped as interest swelled in Crazy Rich Asians, and it was helped by an appetite to tell a fun story focused on historically underrepresented characters. next year, is a present day retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in a Muslim community in Toronto. The novel, which was published in Canada and will debut in the U.S. I think I really liked the purple hijab, or the fact that recently I’ve been on such a kick for South Asian and Middle Eastern literature. I don’t know what ended up compelling me to pick this novel off of the shelves of my local library. Eric Fineman and Isabel Siskin will be the execs shepherding it. Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin (2019). Uzma Jalaluddin Ayesha at Last Kindle Edition by Uzma Jalaluddin (Author) Format: Kindle Edition 1,099 ratings Goodreads Choice Award nominee Kindle 5.99 Read with Our Free App Audiobook 0. EXCLUSIVE: Amy Pascal’s Pascal Pictures has acquired Ayesha at Last, a Muslim romantic dramedy novel by Uzma Jalaluddin.
