Writers at the Wrecking Bar: Soniah Kamal

1/17/2019 7:00 PM

Writers at the Wrecking Bar: Soniah Kamal JAN17

Writers at the Wrecking Bar | Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal

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A Cappella Books presents Writers at the Wrecking Bar, a series of live author interview events showcasing some of the country’s freshest voices in literary and contemporary fiction, presented monthly at our neighborhood brewpub. Each program includes writers in conversation with an arbiter of Atlanta’s book scene, giving the audience a chance to experience and participate in the Q&A, and get a signed copy of the book. Select events will feature performances by notable local musicians.

Held upstairs in the Marianna Room of the Wrecking Bar Brewpub, Writers at the Wrecking Bar hosts a cash bar with signature cocktails inspired by the books, starting at 7 p.m. The author conversation and book signing follow at 7:30 p.m. 

At the first of two January editions of Writers at the Wrecking Bar, UNMARRIAGEABLE author Soniah Kamal Author Page will discuss her new novel with New York Times bestselling author of THE ALMOST SISTERS, Joshilyn Jackson. Atlanta musician Khizer Khan Music will perform a short set before the author conversation begins at 7:30 p.m.

ABOUT THE BOOK:
In this one-of-a-kind 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 concerning 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 have children, Alys teaches them about Jane Austen and her other literary heroes and hopes to inspire the girls to dream of more.

When an invitation arrives to the biggest wedding their small town has seen in years, Mrs. Binat, certain that their luck is about to change, excitedly sets to work preparing her daughters to fish for rich, eligible bachelors. On the first night of the festivities, Alys’s lovely older sister, Jena, catches the eye of Fahad “Bungles” Bingla, the wildly successful—and single—entrepreneur. But Bungles’s friend Valentine Darsee is clearly unimpressed by the Binat family. Alys accidentally overhears his unflattering assessment of her and quickly dismisses him and his snobbish ways. As the days of lavish wedding parties unfold, the Binats wait breathlessly to see if Jena will land a proposal—and Alys begins to realize that Darsee’s brusque manner may be hiding a very different man from the one she saw at first glance.

Told with wry wit and colorful prose, UNMARRIAGEABLE is a charming update on Jane Austen's beloved novel and an exhilarating exploration of love, marriage, class, and sisterhood.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Soniah Kamal’s debut novel, AN ISOLATED INCIDENT, was a finalist for the Townsend Prize for Fiction and the Karachi Literature Festival–Embassy of France Prize. Her TEDx Talk is about regrets and second chances. Kamal’s award-winning work has appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian, Catapult, BuzzFeed, Scroll.in, Literary Hub, and other publications.
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