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02537aam a2200493 a 4500 001 7E9A9FC8B1B511EDA9C6D5341FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230221010051 008 200220s2020 nyu 000 1 eng 010 $a 2020289568 020 $a 0525486488 020 $a 9780525486480 040 $a DLC $b eng $c DLC $d DLC $d ICrlF $d SILO 043 $a a-pk--- 050 00 $a PS3611.A4643 $b U56 2020 082 00 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Kamal, Soniah. 245 10 $a Unmarriageable : $b a novel / $c Soniah Kamal. 250 $a Ballantine Bks. trade pbk. ed. 260 $a New York : $b Ballantine Books, $c 2020. 300 $a 360 p. ; $c 21 cm. 510 3 $a Library Journal Starred, November 2018 510 3 $a Pub Weekly, October 2018 510 3 $a Booklist, December 2018 510 3 $a Kirkus Review, October 2018 520 $a "In this retelling of Pride and Prejudice set in modern-day Pakistan, Alys Binat has sworn never to marry--until an encounter with one Mr. Darsee at a wedding makes her reconsider. A scandal and vicious rumor in the Binat family have destroyed their fortune and prospects for desirable marriages, but Alys, the second and most practical of the five Binat daughters, has found happiness teaching English literature to schoolgirls. Knowing that many of her students won't make it to graduation before dropping out to marry and start having children, Alys teaches them about Jane Austen and her other literary heroes and hopes to inspire them to dream of more. When an invitation arrives to the biggest wedding their small town has seen in years, Mrs. Binat excitedly sets to work preparing her daughters to fish for eligible--and rich--bachelors, certain that their luck is about to change"-- Provided by publisher. 521 2 $a Adult $b Follett Library Resources 650 0 $a Young women $z Pakistan $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Sisters $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Mate selection $v Fiction. 651 0 $a Pakistan $x Social life and customs $v Fiction. 650 7 $a Young women $z Pakistan $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Sisters $v Fiction. $2 sears 650 7 $a Man-woman relationship $v Fiction. $2 sears 651 7 $a Pakistan $x Social life and customs $v Fiction. $2 sears 655 7 $a Domestic fiction. $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Romance fiction. $2 lcgft 521 2 $a Adult 510 0 $a Library Journal Starred 510 0 $a Pub Weekly 510 0 $a Booklist 941 $a 1 952 $l ZKPC437 $d 20230221010652.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7E9A9FC8B1B511EDA9C6D5341FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search