{"product_id":"9780312324995","title":"Much Ado About Jessie Kaplan : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMuch Ado About Jessie Kaplan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Paula Marantz Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eJane Austen in Boca, \u003c\/i\u003e\"another witty tale that combines classic literature with contemporary social comedy.\"---\u003ci\u003eHartford Courant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarla Goodman's life in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, is a little bit stressful these days. Her doctor husband is frazzled, her son's teachers say he needs Ritalin, and she's in the throes of planning her daughter's bat mitzvah. But it's her sweet widowed mother, Jessie Kaplan, who really has Carla worried, for Jessie has suddenly \"remembered\" that she was Shakespeare's Dark Lady of the Sonnets in a previous life. Can even the famed Dr. Leonard Samuels, psychiatrist and author of the self-help book, \u003ci\u003eHow I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love My Mother-in-Law, \u003c\/i\u003ehelp with a problem like this?\u003cbr\u003eWitty, engaging, and wickedly observant, \u003ci\u003eMuch Ado About Jessie Kaplan\u003c\/i\u003e is an unpredictable tale of love, loss, and family rites of passage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e“Though Cohen's knack for gentle satire earns some terrific laughs, this buoyant novel's power stems from the author's deep sympathy for her conventional characters. She mocks, yes, but from a place of tremendous understanding.” —\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312324995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40663777870030,"sku":"9780312324995","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_72f049d3-3fc9-477a-b0e5-5c969cfbf9d4.jpg?v=1639622452","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312324995","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}