![]() If she can just outshine her fellow intern at the city radio station, she may have a chance at landing a job. Hana waitresses there part time, but what she really wants is to tell stories on the radio. Sales are slow at Three Sisters Biryani Poutine, the only halal restaurant in the close-knit Golden Crescent neighbourhood. PS8619.A Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website) Awards and HonoursĢ018 The Globe 100 ( Globe and Mail, 1 Dec. And he just can’t get this beautiful, outspoken woman out of his mind. But Khalid is also wrestling with what he believes and what he wants. ![]() When a surprise engagement between Khalid and Hafsa is announced, Ayesha is torn between how she feels about the straightforward Khalid and his family and the truth she realizes about herself. 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. ![]() ![]() 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. A Publisher’s Synopsis (From its website)Īyesha Shamsi has a lot going on. ![]()
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