By the Book: A Book Club Recommendation!

By Julia Sonneborn

Book Overview

An English professor struggling for tenure discovers that her ex-fianc has just become the president of her college--and her new boss--in this whip-smart modern retelling of Jane Austen's classic Persuasion.

Anne Corey is about to get schooled.

An English professor in California, she's determined to score a position on the coveted tenure track at her college. All she's got to do is get a book deal, snag a promotion, and boom She's in. But then Adam Martinez--her first love and ex-fianc --shows up as the college's new president.

Anne should be able to keep herself distracted. After all, she's got a book to write, an aging father to take care of, and a new romance developing with the college's insanely hot writer-in-residence. But no matter where she turns, there's Adam, as smart and sexy as ever. As the school year advances and her long-buried feelings begin to resurface, Anne begins to wonder whether she just might get a second chance at love.

Funny, smart, and full of heart, this modern ode to Jane Austen's classic explores what happens when we run into the demons of our past...and when they turn out not to be so bad, after all.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501175181
• ISBN13: 9781501175183
• Release Date: February 2018
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Fun and Enjoyable Read

4 Stars: I have never read Persuasion (ducks as books are thrown). I have read very few classics and can’t seem to ever get into them. So when I heard this was a retelling of Persuasion I just shrugged. I don’t know if that made me enjoy the book more because my expectations were different than Persuasion fans. But I enjoyed this book. It was light. It was fluffy. It was cute. But not full of ridiculous romantic gestures. I liked the book for what it was supposed to be– fun and more like a romcom than serious literary fiction. I enjoyed the characters and Anne is a woman I could be friends with. This book gave a great look into what it is like trying to become published and receiving tenure as a professor. For me, that made the novel even better. By the Book, to me, seems like a book lovers book as well. Just the reference to many “literary things” made me smile. Would recommend for those who want a fun read!