A Review – I gave it 3 stars
Nada is the only daughter in an observant-Muslim South Asian Toronto family. She’s approaching 30, living the single life and her mother is very unhappy about it (although her loving but somewhat ineffectual father would be quite happy if none of his children ever left home!)
Uzma Jalaluddin creates a lively, colourful (and gastronomically-appealing – the descriptions of dishes and snacks that featured strongly in Nada’s daily life had me salivating!) world in which modern, educated girls with varying ideas of what constitutes success must navigate the expectations of their families, including match-making mothers. In the meantime, how do they reconcile their parents’ ambitions with their desire to snag a cute and observant Muslim boy of their own choosing?
Nada must find a way, with the help of good friends and faith in herself, to overcome her past ‘mistakes’ and her current self-doubts to forge a path forward and claim her true love.
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