Much Ado About Jessie Kaplan: A NovelSt. Martin's Publishing Group, 2007. ápr. 1. - 288 oldal Paula Marantz Cohen's triumphant first novel, Jane Austen in Boca, was an inspired blend of classic English literature and modern American manners. Her new novel heads north to the seemingly quiet suburban town of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, for a comedy that even Shakespeare couldn't have imagined. |
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... Mark's parents, who had argued that they and their friends weren't about to schlep up from Florida to have the event over on Saturday afternoon. Better to do an evening affair, with a nice spread for the outoftowners the next morning to ...
... Jessie prepared a new recipe for the family's dinner that, upon interrogation, she pronounced to be “venison stew.” “Venison—what's venison?” Jeffrey asked. “Venison is deer,” Mark translated unadvisedly, at which Stephanie jumped.
... Mark was late for dinner. “Did he stop at the Wild Boar?” Jessie asked in a disapproving tone. “The Wild Boar?” “The tavern up the way.” “Noooo,” said Carla slowly, “Mark is not at the Wild Boar. He's at a meeting with a drug rep to ...
... Mark finally arrived home that night. “A disaster,” he snapped. “Mrs. Connor lost her health insurance when she was laid off last year and now she comes in with rectal bleeding. And Jack Morris—you know, the guy who sold us our Volvo ...
... Mark, smiling wanly. “And I could sure use a scotch with that. God, what a day!” Jessie hurried off to fetch the Tylenol and the scotch, leaving Mark to embark on the familiar lament about how thankless the practice of medicine had ...
Tartalomjegyzék
Chapter Seven | |
Chapter Nine | |
Chapter Thirteen | |
Chapter Fifteen | |
Chapter Seventeen | |
Chapter Twenty | |
Chapter Twentythree | |
Chapter Twentysix | |
Chapter Twentyeight | |