Much Ado About Jessie Kaplan: A NovelPaula 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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... didn't say I wanted them. I was just asking.” Stephanie's voice had grown shrill but she managed to mutter under her breath, “You're so mean! I hate you!” Carla held herself back from responding. All the books said that the teenagers ...
... didn't answer; she was staring dreamily into space. Carla looked at her mother, then gazed down at the alleged mead. That was the beginning. Other oddities soon followed. The next night, Jessie prepared a new recipe for the family's ...
... didn't care about the money.” “I don't,” sighed Mark. “But there's you and the children. We have expenses.” This was true. The bat mitzvah alone had become a fearsome extravaganza, the costs mounting scarily by the day. She could ...
... didn't believe that what he did, in having greater social prestige, was superior to what she did. If anything, he admired her more for dealing with the emotional aspects of life that often confused and frightened him. Mark and Carla had ...
... didn't eat salad, waited patiently. “Okay, that's the salad,” said Moishe, “Now for the soup. It's good to get everyone settled down with the soup. We have a nice matzoball soup—lightest matzo balls in the Delaware Valley—no offense to ...
Contents
Chapter Seven | |
Chapter Nine | |
Chapter Thirteen | |
Chapter Fifteen | |
Chapter Seventeen | |
Chapter Twenty | |
Chapter Twentythree | |
Chapter Twentysix | |
Chapter Twentyeight | |