Bibliograph

Eligible, a novel, Curtis Sittenfeld

Type

Label

Eligible, a novel, Curtis Sittenfeld

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Eligible

Medium

large print

Oclc number

946530885

Responsibility statement

Curtis Sittenfeld

Sub title

a novel

Summary

Liz is a magazine writer in her late thirties who, like her yoga instructor sister, Jane, lives in New York City. When their father has a health scare, they return to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help --and discover that the sprawling Tudor they grew up in is crumbling and the family is in disarray. Youngest sisters Kitty and Lydia are too busy with their CrossFit workouts and Paleo diets to get jobs. Mary, the middle sister, is earning her third online master's degree and barely leaves her room, except for those mysterious Tuesday night outings she won't discuss. And Mrs. Bennet has one thing on her mind: to marry off her daughters, especially as Jane's fortieth birthday fast approaches. Enter Chip Bingley, a handsome doctor who recently appeared on the juggernaut reality TV dating show Eligible. At a Fourth of July barbecue, Chip takes an immediate interest in Jane, but Chip's friend neurosurgeon Fitzwilliam Darcy reveals himself to Liz to be much less charming. And yet, first impressions can be deceivingNew York magazine editor Lizzy Bennett returns with her sister to their Ohio hometown when their father falls ill. There she must confront challenges in the form of her younger sisters' football fangirl antics, a creepy cousin's unwanted attentions and the infuriating standoffish manners of a handsome neurosurgeon

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