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Subtitle: a love story
By: Susan Coll
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 254
Subjects: Aveling, Eleanor Marx, 1855-1898 -- Influence -- Fiction.; Women political scientists -- Fiction.; Women graduate students -- Fiction.; California -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "Ella Kennedy may not be perfect, but she's smart, she's dedicated, and she's finally managed to find a fascinating thesis subject in the morass of Marxist political theory: Eleanor Marx, the youngest daughter of Karl and a bright light in the Marxist movement, who famously declined after a disastrous love affair.

With tenacity, with vigor, Ella Kennedy, Ph.D. student extraordinaire, begins delving into the world of Eleanor just as she takes a job setting up a Marxist mail-order catalogue at the fledgling Institute of Thought in Washington, D.C. - a veritable three-ring circus.".

"When Ella's own life begins to parallel Eleanor's - right down to the domineering father (Ella's is known as the king of discount merchandising) and the distant yet brilliant lover - the theoretical, the political, and the personal collide in a hilarious romp of a novel. Wacky, heartwarming, and deliciously smart, this novel of heartbreak and hilarity on the doctoral circuit is the intersection of Laura Zigman, Nora Ephron, and Richard Russo."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.