Join Milton Public Library for a virtual and engaging discussion with nationally acclaimed author Uzma Jalaluddin to discuss her Toronto Book Award Winner, Ayesha at Last.

Pride and Prejudice with a modern twist...

AYESHA SHAMSI has a lot going on. 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. 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. Though Ayesha is lonely, she doesn’t want an arranged marriage. Then she meets Khalid who is just as smart and handsome as he is conservative and judgmental. She is irritatingly attracted to someone who looks down on her choices and dresses like he belongs in the seventh century.

Uzma Jalaluddin: Ayesha at Last