I just finished Ayesha at Last a few days ago and I must say, I am a big
fan. The conflict between an arranged marriage and a marriage made for
love is explored, as is other aspects of the immigrant experience,
giving the novel a needed ballast. On the one hand, I felt the book
worked perfectly well as a novel of a young immigrant woman in the West,
without the Austen connection; on the other hand, I must admit I was
thrilled when the author set up situations that mirrored events in P
& P and even included Austen dialogue verbatim (!!! thrilling !!!).
Halfway through, I found I could not put it down -- I had to find out
what happens! Even though I *knew* what happens!
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