By the Book: A Book Club Recommendation!, (Paperback)
By the Book: A Book Club Recommendation!, (Paperback)
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By the Book: A Book Club Recommendation!, (Paperback)

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  • Modern Retelling: A whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austen's classic *Persuasion*, featuring an English professor's struggle for tenure.
  • Academic Setting: The narrative unfolds within a college environment, where the protagonist's ex-fiancé becomes her new boss and the college president.
  • Romantic Conflict: Anne Corey, an English professor, navigates resurfacing feelings for her first love, Adam Martinez, while pursuing a book deal and promotion.
  • Character Focus: The story centers on Anne's professional ambitions, personal life, and a developing romance with a writer-in-residence.
  • Publication Details: This paperback edition, authored by Gallery Books, was published on February 6, 2018, and contains 384 pages.
  • Thematic Exploration: Explores themes of second chances at love and confronting past relationships in a humorous and heartfelt manner.
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Nov 20, 2018
BookFreakOut
5 out of 5 stars review

Delightful, perfect for Austen fans

I haven't read Persuasion, which this is a modernization of, but I have read other Austen novels and think this is a perfectly fun read for fans of her work, whether they're familiar with Persuasion or not. It has many of the themes central to Austen's work, including family, social class/structure, wealth, and of course, love. I thought it was brilliant to update 1800's England to a modern small college setting. Academia has its own insular community, rules and rankings that play perfectly into Persuasion's original storyline. Anne working to achieving tenure is a nice twist on a traditional Austen character making a good marriage - they can both set you up for life. "Publish or perish" is a substitute for the "old maid" concept, though modern-day Anne is also seeking romantic happiness as a secondary goal to her career objectives. I can't remember the last book I read this fast, it was purely delightful.

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