Jane Austen in Boca by Paula Marantz CohenMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Over the past couple of decades, it seems that numerous books come out in groups: Jane Austen books (those with Jane Austen in the title and/or as an updated version of an Austen book), animal books (following the success of Marley & Me, The Art of Running In the Rain, and Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World, as well as other groups.
One of the Jane Austen-based books that I've just reread is Jane Austen in Boca by Paula Marantz Cohen.
I originally read it maybe 20+ years ago when my dad sent a box of large-print books that he figured I'd like. (We have similar tastes; I'll be rereading the other books that he sent in the near future.) Jane Austen in Boca was one of the books.
In this twist on Pride and Prejudice, Carol Newman discovers that Norman Grafstein's wife has died. Carol's husband was a childhood friend of Norman's son, and lives in Boca Raton, where her husband's widowed mother, May, lives. Carol immediately decides she has to set May up with Norma.
The book takes off from there, and involves May's friends, Flo and Lila, as well as other men.
If you love Jane Austen's books, and are looking for a modern light-hearted twist, Paula Marantz Cohen's Jane Austen in Boca just might be the book you're looking for.
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