{"product_id":"jane-austen-in-boca-9780312319755","title":"Jane Austen in Boca","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt is a truth universally acknowledged that a nice Jewish widower must be in want of a wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Austen centered her classic novels around \"three or four families in a country village.\" So does Paula Marantz Cohen in this witty twist on Pride and Prejudice---except this time the \"village\" is Boca Raton, Florida.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEligible men are scarce in Boca. When good-hearted meddler Carol Newman learns that the wealthy and personable Norman Grafstein has lost his wife, she resolves to marry him off to her lonely mother-in-law, May. Even May's sharp-tongued friend Flo approves of Norman---although Norman's best friend Stan, a cynical professor, keeps getting under Flo's skin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill May and Norman eventually find happiness? Will Flo succumb to the charms of the suavely cosmopolitan Mel Shirmer? Misunderstandings abound until love conquers both pride and prejudice in this perceptive, engaging comedy of manners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComplications and misunderstandings abound in this romantic and perceptive comedy of manners.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Griffin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780312319755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/17\/2006 pg. 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2010 pg. 107\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paula Marantz Cohen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36635830321308,"sku":"9780312319755","price":17.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_beeafc52-dde0-4f3b-95c5-4ef8bb2bae27.jpg?v=1603840647","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/jane-austen-in-boca-9780312319755","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}