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.
**NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND THE TIMES (UK)
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This version of the Bennet family--and Mr. 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. 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.
Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit
workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. 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. And
Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: how to marry off her daughters,
especially as Jane's fortieth birthday fast approaches.
Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared
on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. 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. . . .
And yet, first impressions can be deceiving.
Praise for Eligible
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"Even the most ardent Austenite will soon find herself
seduced."--O: The Oprah Magazine**
"Blissful . . . 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. 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 motivation. She can spot hypocrisy, cant,
self-contradiction and absurdity ten miles away. She's the one you want
to leave the party with, so she can explain what really happened. . . .
Not since Clueless, which transported Emma to Beverly Hills, has
Austen been so delightedly interpreted. . . . Sittenfeld writes so
well--her sentences are so good and her story so satisfying. . . . As a
reader, let me just say: Three cheers for Curtis Sittenfeld and her
astute, sharp and ebullient anthropological interest in the human
condition."--Sarah Lyall, The New York Times Book Review
"A clever, uproarious evolution of Austen's story."--The Denver
Post
"If there exists a more perfect pairing than Curtis Sittenfeld and Jane
Austen, we dare you to find it. . . . Sittenfeld makes an already
irresistible story even more beguiling and charming."--Elle
"A playful, wickedly smart retelling of Jane Austen's Pride and
Prejudice."--BuzzFeed
"Sittenfeld is an obvious choice to re-create Jane Austen's comedy of
manners. [She] is a master at dissecting social norms to reveal the
truths of human nature underneath."--The Millions
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*"A hugely entertaining and surprisingly unpredictable book, bursting
with wit and charm."--The Irish Times
"An unputdownable retelling of the beloved classic."--PopSugar
