Don’t be fooled, this is no usual Rom-Com!
🍴Happy Publication Day!🍴
Wishing Toronto writer @uzmajalaluddin a great day on the publication of her second novel: Hana Khan Carries On. 🥂
Can we appreciate the beauty of this cover though?! There's something about vibrant colours isn't there?
It's a rom-com about rival Halal restaurants that can be compared to the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movie, You've Got Mail but with mouth-watering dishes from 2 halal restaurants and much more.
Rom-coms aren't really my go-to but this had much more depth than I expected from the genre. There’s romance ok but I’m not sure comedy is very present.
The MC Hana is such a strong and determined 24 year-old who stands her ground and who I admired by the end of the book after all the racism and micro-aggressions she endured.
To be honest, I was stunned by the Islamophobia that is depicted in the novel and even more so because it mirrors the anti-Muslim attacks that Muslim-Canadians have to face in real life.
It’s certainly an important read and I will definitely be looking at stocking it in the library next year.
"My father says than trying to stop hate is like trying to stop the tides {...} The best thing you can do is take advantage of it. Don't stop the tide from flowing. Build a hydroelectric dam and make electricity instead, enough to power ten thousand houses. That's how you stop hate.”
Wishing Toronto writer @uzmajalaluddin a great day on the publication of her second novel: Hana Khan Carries On. 🥂
Can we appreciate the beauty of this cover though?! There's something about vibrant colours isn't there?
It's a rom-com about rival Halal restaurants that can be compared to the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movie, You've Got Mail but with mouth-watering dishes from 2 halal restaurants and much more.
Rom-coms aren't really my go-to but this had much more depth than I expected from the genre. There’s romance ok but I’m not sure comedy is very present.
The MC Hana is such a strong and determined 24 year-old who stands her ground and who I admired by the end of the book after all the racism and micro-aggressions she endured.
To be honest, I was stunned by the Islamophobia that is depicted in the novel and even more so because it mirrors the anti-Muslim attacks that Muslim-Canadians have to face in real life.
It’s certainly an important read and I will definitely be looking at stocking it in the library next year.
"My father says than trying to stop hate is like trying to stop the tides {...} The best thing you can do is take advantage of it. Don't stop the tide from flowing. Build a hydroelectric dam and make electricity instead, enough to power ten thousand houses. That's how you stop hate.”