February 17

Love in a Headscarf
By Shelina Janmohammed

A well-educated Asian Muslim woman living in London goes the traditional route to find a husband - that is, through matchmakers who preselect promising suitors to come (with their families) to her house to meet her family.  After years of efforts, however, she is about ready to give up; she is too well-educated, too short, wears the hijab or - more often - he is not the person of her dreams.  This book is well-written and funny; it provides a good window into a Muslim woman's courting and romance rituals.

Note: This book is available through Amazon, but not through RI public libraries.