Persuading Annie 5 starsMelissa Nathan continues to recreate Austen greatest stories in Persuading Annie this time taking Persuasion (my favorite Austen) and modernising it. Annie is the middle daughter of Sir George Markham who owns Markham PR company. She has spent the last seven years trying to get over an 'indiscretion' she had at university. That indiscretion was Jake Mead who is now a Management consultant and the man who has been asked to save the Markham family from ruin.
I love how Melissa modernises a tale about class and makes it a tale of misunderstandings and heightened emotions. She keeps Anne's ridicious family which provides most of the laughs but also enthersize the the bubble that has formed around Annie since she was abandoned by the man she loved. Melissa gives Annie some fire and by telling the story from both Annie and Jake's the reader gets to see how two people fall in love. She even managed put in one of my favorite scenes (when Wentworth, or Jake in this case, gives Annie the letter where he declares his feelings) something which was missed out of the recent adaption of
Persuasion. Melissa Nathan has the sharp, bitting wit to bring Jane Austen stories to life in the modern age and she does it with aplomb. If you are an Austen fan you will love this book and I feel it will be a fantastic addition to any collection.
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