The Marriage Clock: A Novel

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Named one of Pop Sugar's Best Books to Put in your Beachbag this summer and one of the best books of July.

A Booktrib "Romance to get you in the swing for Wedding Season" of 2019

A Book Riot "Five New Diverse Romantic Comedies"

Bustle's "21 new summer novels to spice up your summer reading"

To Leila Abids traditional Indian parents, finding a husband is as easy as match, meet, marry.Yes, she wants to marry, but after 26 years of singledom, even Leila is starting to get nervous. And to make matters worse, her parents are panicking, the neighbors are talking, and shes wondering, are her expectations just too high

But for Leila, a marriage of arrangement clashes with her lifelong dreams of a Bollywood romance, where real love happens before marriage, not the other way around. So she decides its time to stop dreaming and start dating.

Its an impossible mission of satisfying her parents expectations, while also fulfilling her own western ideals of love. But after a series of speed dates, blind dates, online dates and even ambush dates, the sparks just dont fly! Now, with the marriage clock ticking, and her 3-month deadline looming in the horizon, Leila must face the consequences of what might happen if she doesnt find the one...

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An intimate and entertaining glimpse into the life of a young Muslim American woman whose family wants her married. Now! Youll want to read this in one sitting. Susan Elizabeth Phillips, New York Times bestselling author Please cancel your weekend plans, because once you dive into The Marriage Clock,itll be impossible to tear yourself away. This romantic and insightful book introduces us to Leila Abid, whos torn between her traditional parents trying to arrange her marriage and her own desire for agency. Cosmopolitan The Marriage Clock is a warm, funny debut novel about love, how we find it, and how we can keep it. Popsugar Zara RaheemsThe Marriage Clock, however, takes a unique and charming look at the beliefs we hold in regard to love and marriage. And thats precisely why readers should be adding this novel to their August TBR piles. Culturess Raheems debut uses chick-lit tropes to smartly skewer modern ways of dating and to bring humor to more traditional South Asian ones. Booklist So fresh and charming and fun! I adored being in Leilas world, from her girls nights with her friends to her conversations with her loving, pressuring parents to her many first dates. What a joy to read. Julia Phillips, author of Disappearing Earth Zara Raheems The Marriage Clock is a unique, beautiful story about a woman coming to accept herself and the notion that maybe marriage isnt everything. All About Romance Raheem dedicates the book to every woman who has ever been told she wasnt enough. In the face of ubiquitous cultural traditions that measure a womans worth by her marriageability, Leilas journey shows us that the true measure of a womans worth is that she values herself. BookTrib

Author Bio

Zara Raheem, author of the acclaimed novel The Marriage Clock, received her MFA from California State University, Long Beach. She is the recipient of the James I. Murashige Jr. Memorial award in fiction and was selected as one of 2019's Harriet Williams Emerging Writers. She resides in Southern California where she teaches English and creative writing.