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Pies and Prejudice
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The Mother Daughter Book Club: Book 4

Pies and Prejudice (2010) (edit title/settings)

by Heather Vogel Frederick (Author) (edit contributors)

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The fourth chapter in the Mother-Daughter Book Club series that is coming out September 14. The book club is now reading Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen.

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With four effervescent heroines, several budding romances, an ambitious cooking venture, and a hefty pinch of drama, Pies has instant teen appeal, even more so if readers are Anglophiles. When Emma's family announces they are moving to England for a year, the book club selects Pride &... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)

With four effervescent heroines, several budding romances, an ambitious cooking venture, and a hefty pinch of drama, Pies has instant teen appeal, even more so if readers are Anglophiles. When Emma's family announces they are moving to England for a year, the book club selects Pride & Prejudice in honor of their adventure and keeps up regular meetings via webcam. Austen fans will appreciate the character nods: Emma deflects the advances of a Mr. Collins-like oaf, Megan falls for the amiable Simon Berkeley (aka Mr. Bingley), and Cassidy spends much energy detesting Tristan Berkeley, the obvious but nonetheless enjoyable Mr. Darcy character. For teens who may not recognize these parallels, the author makes them clear with quotes at the head of each chapter, as well as pointed comparisons made by the characters themselves. With interesting facts about Austen interspersed throughout, and a visit to relevant sites in England incorporated, this book makes an excellent introduction to one of the most masterful–and popular–writers of all time. Even though Emma is in England doesn't mean the girls' don't have a bit of romantic scenes in here too. Don't be surprised if 12-year-olds start checking out Pride & Prejudice after reading this teen-tailored adaptation

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  • “Fabulous. I'm Rupert Loomis's hero.”
    Emma
  • “Never say 'I can't.' 'I can't' is a limit, and life is about breaking through limits.”
    Mrs. Bergson
  • “When I'm hanging out with my friends somewhere and they start drooling over a guy, I look at him and think one thing: I bet I could beat you at hockey.”
    Cassidy
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  • “Never say ‘I can’t.’ ‘I can’t’ is a limit, and life is about breaking through limits. Say ‘I will’ instead.”
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  • Math is “maths,” an elevator is a “lift,” a truck is a “lorry,” a flashlight is a “torch,” and “crisps” are what they call potato chips, while “chips” over here means French fries.
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  • “Football means soccer, squash is soda, bonkers is nuts—I’m going to need an interpreter or something.”
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  • ‘Love is patient and kind; love is not jealous or boastful; it is not arrogant or rude. Love does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrong, but rejoices in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.’ ”
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  • “I often tell young ladies, that no excellence in music is to be acquired, without constant practice.” —Pride and Prejudice
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  • “’I often think,’ said she, ‘that there is nothing so bad as parting with one’s friends. One seems so forlorn without them.’” —Pride and Prejudice
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  • “Good apple pies are a considerable part of our domestic happiness.” —Letter from Jane Austen to her sister Cassandra, October 1815
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  • “Bingley was sure of being liked wherever he appeared; Darcy was continually giving offence.” —Pride and Prejudice
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  • ‘It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.’ ”
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  • “’He is just what a young man ought to be,’ said she, ‘sensible, good humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!’” —Pride and Prejudice
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Jess stares at me in disbelief. "What do you mean, you're moving to England?"

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This is book 4 of 6 in The Mother Daughter Book Club. (standard series)

Preceded by Dear Pen Pal, and followed by Home for the Holidays.

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  1. Heather Vogel Frederick (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2010
ISBN: 1416974318
Page Count: 384

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