The Taming of the Shrew reimagined as a contemporary rom-com? Let’s check it out!
Dating Dr. Dil by Nisha Sharma
Thursday April 30th at 8pm on Zoom
Dating Dr. Dil (from Nisha Sharma’s If Shakespeare Was An Auntie trilogy) is available as an audiobook, an ebook, through your library, or for 10% off at our favourite indie Toronto bookshop Queen Books (when you mention Ruff Reads!).
DM us or contact christine@shakespeareintheruff.com for the Zoom link. (Don’t have time to read or watch, but still interested in the conversation? Join us anyway!)
About Dating Dr. Dil:
Nisha Sharma’s romantic comedy features enemies to lovers, a cast of best friends, and a gaggle of aunties determined to make a match.
Kareena dreams of having a perfect love story like her parents did. That’s why on the morning of her thirtieth birthday, she’s decided to suit up and enter the dating arena. When her widowed father announces he’s retiring and selling their home after her sister’s engagement party, Kareena makes a deal with him. If she can find her soulmate by the date of the party, he’ll gift her the house, and she’ll be able to keep her mother’s legacy alive.
Prem doesn’t have time for romance, which is why it’s no surprise when his first meeting with Kareena goes awry. Their second encounter is worse when their on-air debate about love goes viral. Now Prem’s largest community center donor is backing out because Prem’s reputation as a heart-health expert is at risk. To get back in his donor’s good graces, he needs to fix his image fast, and dating Kareena is his only option.
Even though they have warring interests, the more time Prem spends with Kareena, the more he thinks she’s might actually be the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life with. In this Taming of the Shrew re-imagination, for Prem and Kareena to find their happily ever after, they must admit that hate has turned into fate.
About Nisha Sharma:
Nisha Sharma, J.D., M.F.A., is an award winning writer, scholar and former corporate culture executive with over ten published books for teens and adults and over ten years of experience in diversity, equity and inclusion work. Her novels have been praised by The New York Times, NPR, Entertainment Weekly, Cosmopolitan, The Washington Post, Time Magazine and more. When she’s not championing narratives about radical joy or working towards her PhD in literature and social justice, Nisha likes to spend time with her husband, baby daughter and pets named after characters in her favorite books. She lives in the Philadelphia suburbs and you can find her online at www.Nisha-Sharma.com or on TikTok and Instagram @nishawrites.