Such a girl
Subtitle: a novel
By: Karen Siplin.
Edition: 1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Telephone operators -- Fiction.; New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: Siplin here updates (and shakes up) the premise of Jane Austen's "Persuasion" placing the characters in a modern multicultural landscape. The daily intigues of a luxury hotel provide the perfect backdrop for exploring the subtle (and overt) cast systems that still persist.