Title: Such a girl
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.
Subjects: Telephone operators, Fiction, Fiction, romance, contemporary, Eavesdropping, Man-woman relationships
Places: New York (N.Y.)