NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today.
Her special skill lies not just in her clear, clean writing, but in her general amusement about the world, her arch, pithy, dropped-mike observations about behavior, character and mo.
Sittenfeld modernizes the classic in such a stylish, witty way you\'d guess even Jane Austen would be pleased."--People (book of the week) " A] sparkling, fresh contemporary retelling."--Entertainment Weekly " Sittenfeld] is the ideal modern-day reinterpreter. . .
Praise for Eligible"Even the most ardent Austenite will soon find herself seduced."--O: The Oprah Magazine "Blissful .
And yet, first impressions can be deceiving. . . .
At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip\'s friend neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming.
Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible.
Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane\'s fortieth birthday fast approaches.
And Mrs.
Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master\'s degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious Tuesday-night outings she won\'t discuss.
Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their Cross Fit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs.
When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help--and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray.
Darcy--is one that you have and haven\'t met before: Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor older sister, Jane, lives in New York City.
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE TIMES (UK) This version of the Bennet family--and Mr.
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - Wonderfully tender and hilariously funny, Eligible tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today
