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1 author picked Much Ado About Nada as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Despite the Shakespearian name, Much Ado About Nada is a Persuasion retelling set in the Muslim-Canadian community of Toronto. Nada, a sometimes prickly character, navigates family, friendship, and lost love, while trying to take back control of a wildly successful app she created that was stolen from her. J

alaluddin is as good writing at those early, heady days of young courtship as she is at the sharp pining of a couple finding their way back to each other.

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