Description

Author/Contributor(s):	Coll, Susan
Publisher:	Simon & Schuster
Date:	2/1/2007
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

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.