A sparkling, reader-favorite rom-com for fans of You’ve Got Mail, set in competing halal restaurants
Sales are slow at Three Sisters Biryani Poutine, the only halal restaurant in the close-knit Golden Crescent neighborhood. Hana waitresses there part-time, but what she really wants is to tell stories on the radio. If she can just outshine her fellow intern at the city radio station, she may have a chance at landing a job. In the meantime, Hana pours her thoughts and dreams into a podcast, where she forms a lively relationship with one of her listeners. But soon she’ll need all the support she can get: a new competing restaurant, a more upscale halal place, is about to open in the Golden Crescent, threatening Three Sisters.
When her mysterious aunt and teenage cousin arrive from India for a surprise visit, they draw Hana into a long-buried family secret. A hate-motivated attack on their neighborhood complicates the situation further, as does Hana’s growing attraction for Aydin, the young owner of the rival restaurant—who might not be a complete stranger after all.
As life on the Golden Crescent unravels, Hana must learn to use her voice, draw on the strength of her community and decide what her future should be.
Product Details
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Publication Date: 4/5/2022
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Print length: 358 Pages
ISBN 13: 9781443461481
ISBN10: 1443461482
Dimensions : 7.98" l x 5.24" w x 1.05"
Condition: As New
This is a brand new, unread copy, but may have a remainder mark.
Uzma Jalaluddin is a bestselling and award-nominated novelist whose witty, heartfelt, and culturally rich stories have charmed readers around the world. She is the author of Detective Aunty (2025), a delightful mystery featuring Kausar Khan—a South Asian Miss Marple who brings sharp wit and community wisdom to crime-solving. Her earlier works include Much Ado About Nada (2023), a modern second-chance romance inspired by Jane Austen’s Persuasion, and Three Holidays and a Wedding (2023), a warm and joyful multi-faith holiday rom-com co-written with Marissa Stapley, which was selected as a Good Morning America Buzz Pick.
Her debut novel, Ayesha at Last (2019), a contemporary retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in Toronto’s Muslim community, was a Goodreads Choice Award Finalist, named *Cosmopolitan UK’s Book of the Year, and hailed by Publisher’s Weekly as one of the Best Books of 2019. Her second novel, Hana Khan Carries On (2021), was an instant Canadian bestseller, praised by The Washington Post as one of the Best Romance Novels of 2021. The book is currently in development as a feature film with Amazon Studios, with Mindy Kaling attached to the project.
Beyond her fiction, Uzma has contributed essays and opinion pieces to leading publications, including The Toronto Star—where she wrote a popular parenting column for several years—and The Atlantic. A passionate storyteller, she blends humor, romance, and social commentary to create novels that reflect both the vibrancy and challenges of contemporary life.
Uzma lives just outside Toronto, Canada, with her husband and their two sons. When she isn’t writing, she can often be found teaching high school, reading widely, or dreaming up her next novel.
