New York Times bestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld's modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice is both a tribute to Jane Austen and a bold literary experiment.
Warm yet witty, A Worthy Man is a bright, mischievous, and delicious family story for the twenty-first century, exploring issues of gender, class, love, and family.
The Bennets and Mr. Darcy are both familiar and unfamiliar: Liz is a journalist in her late forties living in New York City, as is her older sister, Jane, a yoga instructor. When their father suddenly falls ill, the sisters travel to their childhood home in Cincinnati to help their parents—and discover that their large Tudor home is falling apart, and the family's own fortunes are not good either.