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    Persuading Annie

    By Melissa Nathan

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    After years as a sweet, good-natured pushover, Annie Markham has had to face up to three hard truths:

    1. You've got to be tough to succeed in business and romance.
    2. Sometimes your meddling loved ones are right about your worthless, no-good boyfriend being worthless and no good.
    3. The only reliable thing about men is that they're totally unreliable.

    Okay, she's been persuaded. So now, seven years after wisely and abruptly dumping the "love of her life," Jake Mead, things should be going better for Annie Markham, right? Unfortunately, her life's going nowhere, her family's going mental, and the family business is heading straight down the tubes. Could it get worse? Of course! Jake's back, Annie's getting ready for bankruptcy, and no one's ready for Christmas ... let alone a happy New Year.

    And no amount of persuasion will ever convince Annie that magic does happen and dreams do come true, not even at the stroke of midnight on December 31 at New York's Plaza Hotel ... will it?

    Editor's Note

    A classic rom-com…

    Melissa Nathan serves up Jane Austen’s trademark wit, humor, and romance in her modern take on the Regency-era classic “Persuasion.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 13, 2009
    ISBN9780061850349
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    Persuading Annie
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    Melissa Nathan

    Melissa Nathan was born and raised in Hertfordshire and now lives in North London with her husband. A journalist for ten years, she writes novels full time and is the acclaimed author of The Nanny and Pride, Prejudice and Jasmin Field.

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    • 4/5
      Good. Funny. Maddening protagonists confused about everything. But too long.
    • 4/5
      It follows the plot of Jane Austen's Persuasion but takes place in modern day England. Annie's family is wealthy, but their funds are quickly depleting. So the family friend and Annie's godmother Susannah hires Jake to save the family's business and reputation. Jake, who just happens to be Annie's college boyfriend and who she hasn't seen in eight years. And he is out for revenge.Fun book. Great characters. My only complaint about Melissa Nathan novels is that the boy and girl never get together until the last pages. I like the connection to happen a little earlier.

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    • 3/5
      Is a nice story and funny, but I still prefer The nanny... If you need to read something funny and don´t need to think in anything this is one of the best books to have... Nice reading for brain vacations....
    • 4/5
      The only thing I don't like about this really fun book is how young the hero is.... He's only been out of school for a few years and he's already a top independent management consultant? That note of unreality was too jarring for me.
    • 4/5
      Thought the book was a nice retelling of Jane Austen's Persuasion. I learned a few new words in the reading of the book. It was nice and light hearted.
    • 4/5
      Stayed up way too late to read this book, and will take a nap with my son when I finish writing this piece. I loved this book. I always loved Jane Austen, so finding a modern version is a real gold mine for me. The class and money elitism, the social snobbery, who knew it could be fun in these modern times. The romantic story kind of fell flat for me though, with how seemingly effortlessly the characters finally got it together after carrying 7 years of emotional baggage. But really that's my only complaint. I laughed out loud during some of this story, so plus =)
    • 3/5
      Another one of Melissa Nathan's retellings of Jane Austen, this one, based on "Persuasion," doesn't have the zip of "Pride, Prejudice and Jasmine Field," but retains many trademarks of the author's witty dialogue and hilarious characters.Through a misunderstanding, college sweethearts Annie and Jake are torn apart with much bitterness. Years later, they are thrown back together when Jake is hired to save the company owned by Annie's spendthrift family, and boy is it awkward. Misunderstandings and jealousy ensue, but the old feelings are still there.The novel shines in scenes concerning Annie's pompous father (who is outraged that his valet has the audacity to be ugly) and silly sisters, their hypocrisy and selfishness as sharp as it is in their Austen counterparts. Annie and Jake have a thrilling moment confronting a purse snatcher, but their romance doesn't have the heartstopping emotion of Captain Wentworth and Anne, especially in the novel's climax. (An e-mail full of spelling mistakes? I know the guy was a little choked up, but still..what a buzzkill!)Annie is as virtuous as Austen's Anne, if not more, as she patronizes art galleries and volunteers at the local suicide hotline, in contrast to her sisters' behavior: The eldest still partying hard after all these years, and the married, bratty middle child with children of her own. Anne is the black sheep with her goodness, counterbalanced by her vulgar family. Though she risks falling into the "almost too good" category, Nathan keeps her grounded and approachable.Though it's not Nathan's best, in my opinion, it's still a cute story that is imaginative with classic material.
    • 5/5
      i loved persuasion so this modern retelling was the perfect touch.
    • 3/5
      A really fun 'rewrite' of Jane Austen's 'Persuasion.' Sadly, it has a lot of swearing--which bugs!