{"product_id":"enthusiasm-isbn-9780142409350","title":"Enthusiasm","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"When someone asks for a reading suggestion, \u003ci\u003eEnthusiasm \u003c\/i\u003eis the first word off my tongue.\" --Stephenie Meyer, author of \u003ci\u003eTwilight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"There is little more likely to exasperate a person of sense than finding herself tied by affection and habit to an Enthusiast.\"\u003cbr\u003eJulie knows from bitter experience: her best friend, Ashleigh, is an Enthusiast. Ashleigh's current fancy is also Julie's own passion, \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, and the heroine's quest for True Love. And so Julie finds herself swept along with Ashleigh, dressed in vintage frocks and sneaking into a dance at the local all-boys' prep school. There they discover several likely candidates for True Love, including the handsome and sensitive Parr. And Julie begins to wonder if maybe this obsession of Ashleigh's isn't so bad after all. . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFans of \u003cb\u003eJane Austen\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eMeg Cabo\u003c\/b\u003et, and \u003cb\u003eMaureen Johnson\u003c\/b\u003e alike will swoon for Polly Shulman's charming novel.\"When someone asks for a reading suggestion, \u003ci\u003eEnthusiasm \u003c\/i\u003eis the first word off my tongue.\" --\u003cb\u003eStephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight Saga\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEnthusiasm\u003c\/i\u003e, like \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, bubbles over with romantic misunderstandings and comic confusion.\" --\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ean Editors' Choice book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eEnthusiasm \u003c\/i\u003ehas the makings of an instant classic!\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A fanciful romance . . . delightfully wholesome.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e*\"Wry [and] engaging . . . an impressive first novel.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A charming romantic comedy!\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSLJ\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Witty exchanges, comic errors and miscommunications that could be taken right out of a Jane Austen novel. Readers [will be] caught up in this debut novel's romantic whimsy and humor.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Equal parts romance and farce, this novel is an enjoyable read. Julie's wry voice and self-deprecating humor will make the conclusion satisfying.\"--\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVOYA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Polly Shulman is also the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Grimm Legacy \u003c\/i\u003e(a Bank Street Best Book and Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Finalist) and its companion novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Wells Bequest\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written for many newspapers and magazines, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiscover\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNewsday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArchaeology\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e The Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e. She has never dared to crash a dance, but when she was in high school she sometimes wrote her math homework in rhyme and meter. She majored in math at Yale and grew up in New York City, where she lives with her husband in a tall old building guarded by gargoyles.","brand":"Speak","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303596151013,"sku":"NP9780142409350","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780142409350.jpg?v=1767726313","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/enthusiasm-isbn-9780142409350","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}