{"product_id":"eligible-a-modern-retelling-of-pride-and-prejudice","title":"Eligible","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - \u003cb\u003eWonderfully tender and hilariously funny, \u003ci\u003eEligible\u003c\/i\u003e tackles gender, class, courtship, and family as Curtis Sittenfeld reaffirms herself as one of the most dazzling authors writing today.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR AND \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome new-in-town doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show \u003ci\u003eEligible\u003c\/i\u003e. 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. . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And yet, first impressions can be deceiving. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eEligible\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Even the most ardent Austenite will soon find herself seduced.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eO: The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Blissful . . . Sittenfeld modernizes the classic in such a stylish, witty way you'd guess even Jane Austen would be pleased.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople \u003c\/i\u003e(book of the week)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"[A] sparkling, fresh contemporary retelling.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"[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 \u003ci\u003eClueless, \u003c\/i\u003e which transported \u003ci\u003eEmma\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\"\u003cb\u003e--Sarah Lyall, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"A clever, uproarious evolution of Austen's story.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"If there exists a more perfect pairing than Curtis Sittenfeld and Jane Austen, we dare you to find it. . . . 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