Enthusiasm - Hardcover

Shulman, Polly

3.76

3,931 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399243895 ISBN 13: 9780399243899

Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2006

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Julie and Ashleigh, high school sophomores and Jane Austen fans, seem to fall for the same Mr. Darcy-like boy and struggle to hide their true feelings from one another while rehearsing for a school musical.

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Review:

When someone asks for a reading suggestion, Enthusiasm is the first word off my tongue. (Stephanie Meyer, author of Twilight)
"When someone asks for a reading suggestion, "Enthusiasm "is the first word off my tongue." --Stephenie Meyer, author of the Twilight Saga
""Enthusiasm," like "Pride and Prejudice," bubbles over with romantic misunderstandings and comic confusion." --"New York Times Book Review, "an Editors' Choice book
""Enthusiasm "has the makings of an instant classic!" --"Time "magazine
"A fanciful romance . . . delightfully wholesome." --"Newsday"
*"Wry [and] engaging . . . an impressive first novel."--"Booklist," starred review
"A charming romantic comedy!"--"SLJ"
"Wittyexchanges, comic errors and miscommunications thatcould be taken right out of a Jane Austen novel. Readers [will be] caught up in this debut novel's romantic whimsy and humor."--"Publishers Weekly"
"Equal parts romance and farce, this novel is an enjoyable read. Julie'swry voice and self-deprecating humor will make the conclusion satisfying."--"VOYA"

About the Author:

Polly Shulman has written about edible jellyfish, Egyptian tombs, infinity, blind dates, books, brains, centenarians, circuses, and cinematic versions of Jane Austen novels, for The New York Times, Discover, Newsday, Salon, Slate, Scientific American, Archaeology, and The Village Voice, among others. She edits news stories about fossils, meteors, the ocean, the weather, and the planets for Science magazine. She collects Victorian jewelry made of human hair, puts cayenne pepper in her chocolate cookies, and reads forgotten books with frontispieces.

She is an alumna of Hunter College High School, Hampshire College Summer Studies in Mathematics, and Yale University, where she majored in math. She has never dared to crash a dance, but in tenth grade she did write a proof for math class in the form of a sonnet. She grew up in New York City, where she lives with her husband, Andrew Nahem, and their parakeet, Olive.

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