Book Rec of the Day 4/18/2007

CHICK LIT

If you love English literature but are not in the mood for a weighty, literary read, check out Paula Marantz Cohen’s work. Her first book, Jane Austen in Boca (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2003), was a twist on our favorite Regency writer; her sophomore effort takes on the Bard. New Jersey housewife Carla Goodman is juggling a marriage, two kids, and bar mitzvah preparations when her elderly mother begins remembering her past as Shakespeare’s inspiration, the Dark Lady. Oy! Cohen is an English professor who has found the most fun in revisiting the classics.

MUCH ADO ABOUT JESSIE KAPLAN, by Paula Marantz Cohen (St. Martin’s Griffin, 2005)