Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the SATs

Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the SATs
by Paula Marantz Cohen

Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the SATs
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Author: Paula Marantz Cohen
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-04-04
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: St. Martin's Press

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Book Review: Austen's Charm in a Modern Work!
Summary: 5 Stars

In a modern day take on Jane Austen's Persuasion, Jane Austen In Scarsdale tells the story of guidance counselor Anne Ehrlich who hails from rich blood and is generally happy with her life with the exception of one major regret. As a young woman, at the advice of her family, she broke off a relationship with Ben Cutler, a man she was very much in love with.

Anne's current life consists of helping students - and their neurotic parents - make the best decisions about college. True to Austen, Cutler reappears in Anne's life as his nephew is one of her newest charges. Anne's feelings for Ben are reignited, however, he has changed from the young boy that her family deemed not good enough for her. She fears that she has missed her chance at true love and made a huge mistake now that he is a successful world traveler with a new life and a fiancee of his own.

This book is a sweet and adorable love story. It has all the charm of Austen's classic infused with modern humor and a fresh telling. It is a lighthearted and enjoyable novel for those that have long loved Austen and those that are new to her tales as well!

Summary of Jane Austen in Scarsdale: Or Love, Death, and the SATs

Anne Ehrlich is a dedicated guidance counselor steering her high-school charges through the perils of college admission. Thirteen years ago, when she was graduating from Columbia University, her wealthy family---especially her dear grandmother Winnie---persuaded her to give up the love of her life, Ben Cutler, a penniless boy from Queens College. Anne has never married and hasn't seen Ben since---until his nephew turns up in her high school and starts applying to college.
Now Ben is a successful writer, a world traveler, and a soon-to-be married man; and Winnie's health is beginning to fail. All of these changes have Anne beginning to wonder?Can old love be rekindled, or are past mistakes too painful to forget?
With all the wit and perceptiveness of Jane Austen's Persuasion, Jane Austen in Scarsdale is a fresh and romantic new comedy from a novelist with "a knack for making modern life reflect literature in the most engaging manner" (Library Journal).

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