I've been dying to read something by Jeffrey Eugenides, but just never found the time -- thank you for the book choice, Lara!
The description for The Marriage Plot: A Novel on Amazon notes: "It's the early 1980s—the country is in a deep recession, and life after college is harder than ever." Hm...doesn't sound too different to the times we live in now, does it? In a decade that looked at relationships through the lens of "Kramer vs. Kramer," "Mr. Mom," and "Working Girl," what could the novels of Jane Austin and George Eliot that ended their stories with a happy marriage, have to do with anything? Looks like we'll find out along with Madeleine Hannah, an english major delving into the intricacies of marriage plots.
Our next meeting to discuss this book is Thursday, January 26. Happy reading!
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