Ayesha at Last
(OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen)
Published:
Books on Tape 2019
Status:
Available from OverDrive
Description
As seen on The Today Show! One of the best summer romance picks!
One of Publishers Weekly Best Romance Books of 2019!
A modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice for a new generation of love.
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 who dresses like he belongs in the seventh century.
When a surprise engagement is announced between Khalid and Hafsa, Ayesha is torn between how she feels about the straightforward Khalid and the unsettling new gossip she hears about his family. Looking into the rumors, she finds she has to deal with not only what she discovers about Khalid, but also the truth she realizes about herself.
One of Publishers Weekly Best Romance Books of 2019!
A modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice for a new generation of love.
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 who dresses like he belongs in the seventh century.
When a surprise engagement is announced between Khalid and Hafsa, Ayesha is torn between how she feels about the straightforward Khalid and the unsettling new gossip she hears about his family. Looking into the rumors, she finds she has to deal with not only what she discovers about Khalid, but also the truth she realizes about herself.
Formats
OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
Works on MP3 Players, PCs, and Macs. Some mobile devices may require an application to be installed.
Need Help?
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Copies In LINK+
Loading LINK+ Copies...
Subjects
Subjects
More Details
Format:
OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, OverDrive Listen
Edition:
Unabridged
Street Date:
06/04/2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781984890412
Reviews from GoodReads
Loading GoodReads Reviews.
Citations
APA Citation (style guide)
Uzma Jalaluddin. (2019). Ayesha at Last. Unabridged Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Uzma Jalaluddin. 2019. Ayesha At Last. Books on Tape.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Uzma Jalaluddin, Ayesha At Last. Books on Tape, 2019.
MLA Citation (style guide)Uzma Jalaluddin. Ayesha At Last. Unabridged Books on Tape, 2019.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
Copy Details
| Library | Owned | Available |
|---|---|---|
| Shared Digital Collection | 2 | 2 |
Staff View
Grouped Work ID:
5882f814-2f9f-cf4e-8142-015751803ee0
Needs Update?:
No
Date Added:
May 30, 2019 17:01:17
Date Updated:
Nov 23, 2020 18:29:18
Last Metadata Check:
Apr 21, 2024 13:05:39
Last Metadata Change:
Feb 08, 2024 18:10:10
Last Availability Check:
Apr 21, 2024 13:05:42
Last Availability Change:
Apr 16, 2024 22:15:02
Last Grouped Work Modification Time:
Apr 23, 2024 02:10:41
OverDrive Product Record
- sortTitle
- Ayesha at Last
- crossRefId
- 4455142
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/{2DE5118E-F0FF-4E65-9E2B-899740D42D83}Img100.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1191-1/{2DE5118E-F0FF-4E65-9E2B-899740D42D83}Img200.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1191-1/2DE/511/8E/{2DE5118E-F0FF-4E65-9E2B-899740D42D83}Img150.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1191-1/2DE/511/8E/{2DE5118E-F0FF-4E65-9E2B-899740D42D83}Img400.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- formats
- identifiers:
- type: 8
- value: penguinrandomhouse_audio#9781984890405
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781984890412
- name: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
- id: audiobook-mp3
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: 8
- value: penguinrandomhouse_audio#9781984890405
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781984890412
- name: OverDrive Listen
- id: audiobook-overdrive
- identifiers:
- mediaType
- Audiobook
- primaryCreator
- role: Author
- name: Uzma Jalaluddin
- id
- 2de5118e-f0ff-4e65-9e2b-899740d42d83
- title
- Ayesha at Last
- starRating
- 3.8
- dateAdded
- 2019-05-30T18:43:00-04:00
- contentDetails
- href: https://link.overdrive.com/?websiteID=141&titleID=4455142
- type: text/html
- account:
- name: Sacramento Public Library (CA)
- id: 1151
OverDrive MetaData
- isPublicDomain
- False
- formats
- duration: 11:15:47
- fileName: AyeshaatLast_9781984890405_4455142
- partCount: 10
- fileSize: 322006920
- identifiers:
- audience: retailer
- type: 8
- value: penguinrandomhouse_audio#9781984890405
- audience: library
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781984890412
- rights:
- type: PlayOnPC
- value: 1
- type: PlayOnPCCount
- value: -1
- type: BurnToCD
- value: 1
- type: BurnToCDCount
- value: -1
- type: PlayOnPM
- value: 1
- type: TransferToSDMI
- value: 1
- type: TransferToNonSDMI
- value: 1
- type: TransferCount
- value: -1
- type: CollaborativePlay
- value: 0
- type: PublicPerformance
- value: 0
- type: TranscodeToAAC
- value: 1
- name: OverDrive MP3 Audiobook
- isReadAlong: False
- id: audiobook-mp3
- onSaleDate: 6/4/2019
- samples:
- source: Part 1
- formatType: audiobook-mp3
- url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/4455142-AyeshaAtLast.mp3
- source: From the book
- formatType: audiobook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2de5118e-f0ff-4e65-9e2b-899740d42d83&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- duration: 11:10:46
- fileName: AyeshaAtLast-67092
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 321971717
- identifiers:
- audience: retailer
- type: 8
- value: penguinrandomhouse_audio#9781984890405
- audience: library
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781984890412
- name: OverDrive Listen
- isReadAlong: False
- id: audiobook-overdrive
- onSaleDate: 6/4/2019
- samples:
- source: Part 1
- formatType: audiobook-mp3
- url: https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1191-1/4455142-AyeshaAtLast.mp3
- source: From the book
- formatType: audiobook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=2de5118e-f0ff-4e65-9e2b-899740d42d83&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- creators
- role: Author
- fileAs: Jalaluddin, Uzma
- bioText: Uzma Jalaluddin is a teacher and also writes a funny parenting column named “Samosas and Maple Syrup” for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. Her debut novel is Ayesha at Last.
- name: Uzma Jalaluddin
- role: Narrator
- fileAs: Shukla, Roshni
- name: Roshni Shukla
- imprint
- Penguin Audio
- publishDate
- 2019-06-04T00:00:00-04:00
- edition
- Unabridged
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- Ayesha at Last
- fullDescription
- As seen on The Today Show! One of the best summer romance picks!
One of Publishers Weekly Best Romance Books of 2019!
A modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice for a new generation of love.
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 who dresses like he belongs in the seventh century.
When a surprise engagement is announced between Khalid and Hafsa, Ayesha is torn between how she feels about the straightforward Khalid and the unsettling new gossip she hears about his family. Looking into the rumors, she finds she has to deal with not only what she discovers about Khalid, but also the truth she realizes about herself. - reviews
- premium: True
- source:
- content:
Starred review from April 1, 2019
In this excellent modern retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, aspiring poet Ayesha Shamsi juggles her dreams and the stifling expectations of Toronto’s Indian-Muslim community. She picks a practical career as a high school teacher and watches as her flighty younger cousin, Hafsa, collects marriage proposals like trading cards. After a misunderstanding, Ayesha pretends to be Hafsa while planning a youth conference, where she is required to collaborate with conservative Khalid, a newcomer to the area. Ayesha pegs Khalid as rigid and judgmental on their first meeting because of his white robes and reserved behavior. She doesn’t object to arranged marriages, but believes compatibility is important, and she scorns Khalid’s complacency with accepting his mother’s choice of bride. Family loyalty is a recurring theme, as Ayesha puts her hopes of being a poet on hold while she earns money to repay her wealthy uncle and Khalid refuses to question his overbearing mother. As Ayesha and Khalid work on the conference together, Khalid learns to accommodate different viewpoints. With humor and abundant cultural references, both manifest in the all-seeing all-criticizing aunty brigade, Jalaluddin cleverly illustrates the social pressures facing young Indian-Muslim adults. Jalaluddin stays true to the original Austen while tackling meatier issues likes workplace discrimination, alcoholism, and abortion. Even readers unfamiliar with Austen’s work will find this a highly entertaining tale of family, community, and romance. Agent: Ann Collette, Rees Literary.
- premium: True
- source:
- content: Narrator Roshni Shukla's style lends an Austen-esque air to this contemporary retelling of the rich-boy-meets-poor-girl trope. Ayesha and Khalid are Muslims, Indian-Canadians, and neighbors. They both struggle to reconcile their traditional upbringing as the children of immigrants with the contemporary society that surrounds them. Shukla shifts between Ayesha and Khalid's points of view, which are given in alternating chapters. Khalid's conservatism and Ayesha's ambitions are brought vividly to life in Shukla's energetic telling. She also captures the differences between the younger generation and their mothers by characterizing the older women with slightly accented English. Rom-com fans will enjoy this updated version. M.R. © AudioFile 2019, Portland, Maine
- popularity
- 1091
- links
- self:
- href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BWwAAAA2I/products/2de5118e-f0ff-4e65-9e2b-899740d42d83/metadata
- type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
- self:
- id
- 2de5118e-f0ff-4e65-9e2b-899740d42d83
- starRating
- 3.8
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/1191-1/{2DE5118E-F0FF-4E65-9E2B-899740D42D83}Img100.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/1191-1/{2DE5118E-F0FF-4E65-9E2B-899740D42D83}Img200.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/1191-1/2DE/511/8E/{2DE5118E-F0FF-4E65-9E2B-899740D42D83}Img150.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/1191-1/2DE/511/8E/{2DE5118E-F0FF-4E65-9E2B-899740D42D83}Img400.jpg
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- isPublicPerformanceAllowed
- False
- languages
- code: en
- name: English
- subjects
- value: Fiction
- value: Literature
- value: Romance
- publishDateText
- 06/04/2019
- mediaType
- Audiobook
- shortDescription
- As seen on The Today Show! One of the best summer romance picks!
One of Publishers Weekly Best Romance Books of 2019!
A modern-day Muslim Pride and Prejudice for a new generation of love.
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 who dresses like he belongs in the seventh century.
When a surprise engagement is announced between Khalid and Hafsa, Ayesha is torn between how she feels about the straightforward Khalid and the... - sortTitle
- Ayesha at Last
- crossRefId
- 4455142
- publisher
- Books on Tape
- bisacCodes
- code: FIC027230
- description: Fiction / Romance / Multicultural & Interracial
- code: FIC044000
- description: Fiction / Contemporary Women
- code: FIC051000
- description: Fiction / Cultural Heritage
