Much Ado about Nada - Uzma Jalaluddin
Category: General Fiction
Tags: General Fiction, Contemporary, Adults
A sparkling second-chance romance inspired by Jane Austens Persuasion, Nada Syed is stuck. On the cusp of thirty, shes still living at home with her brothers and parents in the Golden Crescent neighbourhood of Toronto, resolutely ignoring her mothers unsubtle pleas to get married already. While Nada has a good job as an engineer, its a far cry from realizing the start-up dreams for her tech baby, Ask Apa, the app that launched with a whimper instead of a bang because of a double-crossing business partner. Nothing in her life has turned out the way it was supposed to, and Nada feels like a failure. Something needs to change, but the past is holding on too tightly to let her move forward., Nadas best friend, Haleema, is determined to pry her from her shell . . . and what better place than at the giant annual Muslim conference downtown, where Nada can finally meet Haleemas fianc, Zayn? And did Haleema mention Zayns brother Baz will be there?, What Haleema doesnt know is that Nada and Baz
