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A modern Muslim retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion. Heart-warming and hilarious, a story about what happens when two estranged former sweethearts get a second chance at love . . .
Nada Syed is stuck. At twenty-nine, she's living with her parents and mourning the failure of her start-up baby, which failed because of a double-crossing business partner.
Nada's best friend
Haleema is determined to pry her from her shell - and what better place than at the giant annual Muslim conference? And did Haleema mention that
Baz will be there?
What Haleema doesn't know is that Nada and Baz have a secret history. And in their chance encounter at the conference, that history comes hurtling at Nada, bringing a moment of reckoning. Will Nada find a way to let go of the past but hold onto her dreams?
About the author
Uzma Jalaluddin
Summary
A modern Muslim retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion. Heart-warming and hilarious, a story about what happens when two estranged former sweethearts get a second chance at love . . .
Nada Syed is stuck. At twenty-nine, she's living with her parents and mourning the failure of her start-up baby, which failed because of a double-crossing business partner.
Nada's best friend Haleema is determined to pry her from her shell - and what better place than at the giant annual Muslim conference? And did Haleema mention that Baz will be there?
What Haleema doesn't know is that Nada and Baz have a secret history. And in their chance encounter at the conference, that history comes hurtling at Nada, bringing a moment of reckoning. Will Nada find a way to let go of the past but hold onto her dreams?
Foreword
A modern Muslim retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion. Heart-warming and hilarious, a story about what happens when two estranged former sweethearts get a second chance at love . . .
