Thirty-year-old Eve Sterling is a 90's woman with a hankering for the 18th century. A literature scholar writing her thesis on Jane Austen, Eve lives alone in Manhattan, eclipsed by her domineering mother, Maxie, who doubts she'll ever find a man to rival her beloved fictional heroes. When a friend sets her up with Hart-- a funny, gentle photographer -- Eve simultaneously discovers her true love and loses control over her own fate. Eve aims to achieve a choreographed, graceful existence, one modeled on the elegant world portrayed in Austen's novels. But, in a series of both comic and painful mishaps, she learns just how clumsy and chaotic real life can be. Irrevocably changed by marriage and motherhood, Eve struggles to reconcile contrasting allegiances: those to herself versus those to her family.
Publishers Weekly
It is the modern woman's challenge to
juggle career and family, and Bokat's
likable, amusing characters struggle
gamely to survive the contemporary
conundrum, attempting to fit messy
life into neat little packages. . . .
Bokat serves up an ably written tale
complete with an Austenesque happy
ending.
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Kirkus Reviews
A 1990s woman is torn between her
family and her career, and fills it
with compassion, good humor, and an
abundance of angst . . . . Eve may
never be able to resolve her internal
and interpersonal pressures, but the
author, through her deft usage of
Jane Austen quotes throughout the
text, makes us realize these are not
problems restricted to the
contemporary woman. Newcomer Bokat
sketches her characters with broad
strokes...they're finely drawn with
humor, sensitivity, and a dash of
chutzpah. A fine debut.
McCalls (June 2000)
When a literature scholar tries to
model her hectic Manhattan life on
the elegant world of Jane Austen,
chaos ensues. A juicy book.
The Bloomsbury Review
“Bokat creates a believable and
interesting character in Eve
Sterling, and a lovable romantic hero
in Hart Orbach. . . . Their romance
is lightning-fast, sloppy, and
vividly real. Weighing the calculated
pursuit of academic excellence
against the spontaneous joyride of
life and love, Bokat sheds full light
on both paths, illustrating the joys
and sorrows of each.”
Leah Cohen
A scrumptiously witty, suspensefully
woven story full of sharply drawn
characters, calamities, and a
surprising measure of hope.
Alice Elliot Dark
A clever, interesting and fun take on
the dilemma of the modern woman. I
loved the way Nicole Bokat portrayed
both academia and the mixed blessing
of an ambitious woman having an even
more ambitious mother.
Redeeming Eve
is that rare find, a fast read with
depth.
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