Jane Austen in Boca
Paula Marantz Cohen 
St. Martin's Press
<p><i>It is a truth universally acknowledged that a nice Jewish widower must be in want of a wife.</i></p><p>Jane Austen centered her classic novels of manners around "three or four families in a country village." So does Paula Marantz Cohen in her novel, a witty twist on Pride and Prejudice—except this time, the "village" is Boca Raton, Florida.</p><p>Eligible men, especially ones in possession of a good fortune and country club privileges, are scarce. When goodhearted meddler Carol Newman learns that the wealthy Norman Grafstein has lost his wife, she resolves to marry</p><p>him off to her lonely mother-in-law, May.</p><p>The novel charts the progress of May's love life as well as that of her two closest friends: the strong-minded former librarian Flo Kliman and the flamboyant Lila Katz. If there weren't confusion enough, Flo's great-niece Amy, a film student at NYU, suddenly arrives with a camera crew determined to get it...</p>