Unexpected sisterhood
When Julia's first-love-turned-best-friend Gabe, a musician with a cultish following, dies unexpectedly at 29, she goes on a quest to recover possessions he left with friends and acquaintances across the world.
Throughout her journey, she encounters Gabe's ex-girlfriend Elizabeth, and the two find themselves reconciling their respective claims on Gabe's memory.
'The characters in my book all react differently to grief, which feels true to life,' Aisha said in an interview.
'Some people can't sleep, some people sleep all the time; some people get angry at the deceased, capturing a full range of grief.
'I think, when it comes to grief, what we're actually dealing with is this missing space in our lives. There was someone, a person who was unique, who had never been before and will never be again. Grief is learning to live with that missing space,' she added.
Aisha's debut as a novel writer follows her previous release – an essay collection titled More Than a Label: Why What You Wear and Who You're With Doesn't Define Who You Are (2002).
The author also worked as a writer for NBC's sitcom series Parks and Recreation and The Good Place.
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