I love Nadiya Hussain. If you are a fan of The Great British Bake Off, you probably love her too. Nadiya was the winner in 2015, and she is, by all accounts the most popular winner in the history of the show. Charming, warm, funny, self-deprecating and gifted with a marvelously expressive face, she made all of us fall in love with her. Since winning TGBBO, Nadiya has published a cookbook (which I received as a surprise present last week from a lovely friend who […]
You Say Love Story, I Say Are You Sure?
“The Newlyweds” tells the story of Amina and George. Amina is living in Bangladesh and George in Rochester, NY, when they “meet” on a (dating?) site called AsianEuro.com. After several months of communication over email and the phone, George travels to Bangladesh to meet Amina and her family properly. During that visit, Amina and George become engaged and she eventually moves from Dhaka to Rochester, where they are married. Although the book is called “The Newlyweds” it’s not really about George and Amina as a […]