Not Arranged
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Complete Sun, Apr 29, 201817m
A contemporary ChickLit short story.
Afra Jan is twenty-five and a British-Pakistani working woman. She's spent years getting an education and building a career only to find that she just might be too old to get married in the eyes of her traditional family. An arranged marriage is not an option! She realises she's lacking in one very important area. Her cooking skills are non-existent. She needs to learn!
Follow Afra on her journey as a regular working woman, enjoying life with her workmates and maybe even getting one step closer to marriage!
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