When I got a Kindle way back in the day, the first book I got was her complete works. My favorite of hers is Pride and Prejudice , which I read for the first time in high school.
I may be a traitor to my generation, but I will always love the 90s miniseries version with Colin Firth more than the movie adaptation. Sorry not sorry. The novel does something really fun: Instead of fully modernizing the story or keeping it set back in the s, it does both!
Who could ask for anything more? Told in alternating perspectives, Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh is less a story about life in Regency England or contemporary Pittsburgh and more a story about making choices and being true to yourself even when it feels impossible. Audrey lives in Pittsburgh. Her parents own a struggling corner store they live above. The only problem is that all of her artistic confidence was tied to the boy who broke her heart.
One day, Mr. Lucy lives in England in Caldwell, the richest man in the county, who is also much older than Lucy.
When Lucy goes outside one afternoon, she is not prepared to see Audrey in the grass. They soon realize inspiration can come in unlikely forms. The biggest theme of Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh is self-discovery. Wrapping herself up in a boy and his orbit felt so unbelievably relatable. Losing yourself in your first relationship is so common, but it feels especially strong for teenagers. Audrey made a boy her world; his friends were her friends, and more importantly, her self-worth as an artist was tied to him and his opinion of her.
