This book is quite a fun read, quick and lighthearted, it is sure to put you in a good mood. It is spiced up with some desi drama and unflinching talks about some of the aspects if a brown society
Synopsis (spoiler free)
A teacher by day and an aspiring poet by night, Ayesha Shamsi, is struggling within the patchwork of society.
Being unmarried makes her a living magnet that attracts the infamous Aunty Brigade, who are always behind her, either trying to coax her into an arranged marriage or clucking at her less than conventional routine.
However, in Ayesha’s wage against this tide, she also has to earn enough to repay her, beyond wealthy, uncle, to whom her family is immensely indebted to. The fishnet she’s caught in seems to have even tinier holes. She is now stuck in a lie she fabricated with Khalid, the perfect muslim boy, who is also irritatingly judgmental and conservative.
Will both of them walk out of this lie unscathed or will it take its toll on them and the relationship they have unknowingly, yet so cautiously, built?
Read Ayesha at Last by Uzma Jalaluddin to find out more!
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
