Persuading Austen
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4.4 • 28 Ratings
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Publisher Description
‘I loved it! Wicked humour with a big heart’ – Liz Fenwick
It is a truth universally acknowledged that working with an ex is a terrible idea…
Annie Elliot never expected her life to turn out this way: living with her dad, working as an accountant – perhaps the least glamorous job in Hollywood? – and dodging her family’s constant bickering.
Landing a job as a producer on a new adaptation of Pride and Prejudice seems like the piece of luck she’s been waiting for. Until the cast is announced, and Annie discovers that the actor playing Mr Darcy is Austen Wentworth – the man she’s spent nearly a decade trying to forget.
With nowhere to hide, there’s just one question. Now the one who got away has come back, should Annie stand by her pride? Or give into Austen’s powers of persuasion?
A laugh-out-loud Jane Austen retelling, perfect for fans of Lindsey Kelk and Fiona Collins.
Brigid Coady was the winner of the 2015 Joan Hessayon New Writers’ Scheme Award
Praise for Brigid Coady
‘Awesome, awesome, awesome! … Fans of Paige Toon, Sophie Kinsella and Lindsey Kelk, this will most definitely be your thing!’ – Sophie Bailey, ibloggbooks.com
‘As the story moved from setting the scene and firmly entrenching the reader in a Persuasion rerun to the actual filming it stepped away from a faithful retelling of the story and came into its own right. If you loved films like Ten Things I Hate About You …you will really like this.’ – Alison Robinson, Netgalley
About the author
Brigid Coady was born in the UK but raised round the world with most of her childhood spent reading.
Brigid works for a communications and digital marketing agency as a producer and storyteller. Much of her writing is done at weekends in various Starbucks around the world.
Brigid is also a voice-over artist, loves country music and has had her own radio show. Brigid's obsession with One Direction and Kenny Chesney is perfectly healthy, no matter what anyone else says. She lives in London.
Customer Reviews
Brilliant!
My reading habits have changed over the last few months and I have been trying books which I may not have previously read. 'Persuading Austen' is one of them. I would have thought that it wasn't for me. Well, how wrong could I have been. It made me laugh out loud. It made me cry. It made me empathise. It made me sympathise. It made me happy. It made me sad. I absolutely loved it!
'Persuading Austen' is a modern day version of Jane Austen's 'Persuasion'. It follows Annie Elliott, who by day is a Production Accountant/Producer and very in control, and by night is a skivvy and worthless to her family, as she takes on the role of film producer on a remake of 'Pride and Prejudice'. This should be the job of her dreams except the love of her life, Austen, once a penniless and unknown actor and now the most sough-after man in Hollywood, is cast as Mr Darcy. He is also the one that got away 8 years earlier. Just like in the original, the story is told from Annie's point of view and we follow her on her journey, listening to her internal thoughts and feelings about her family, her job and Austen.
I think it is brave to take such a Classic and make it contemporary. Brigid Coady has done this so well, sticking to the main plot points and throwing in some twists and turns which kept me reading. As I got further into 'Persuading Austen', I forgot that it was based on a classic, and the story took on a new form, gained it's own identity.
Brigid Coady's writing is super - it is real and from the heart. There is so much humour too! This all allowed for the story to flow really well and I finished the book in 2 days (that's quick for me!).
There are some fabulous scenes in this book and great characters. Some who were amusing and some who were annoying - just like in real life! I don't want to say any more as I don't want to give away any spoilers.
'Persuading Austen' is a book, which left me smiling and happy at the end of it - and what a wonderful feeling that was.
Love it
Brilliant & sweet rom com . With laugh out moments it's definitely one to read again and again
Sweet story
A sweet story ruined a little by the rather immature obsession with crowbarring in the names of One Direction members!