{"title":"Melinda Taub","description":"Melinda Taub is an Emmy- and Writers' Guild Award-winning writer. The former head writer and executive producer of Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, she is also the author of Still Star-Crossed, a young adult novel which was adapted for television by Shondaland, and The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch. (She also wrote that thing about the Baroness in The Sound of Music that your aunt likes.) She lives in Brooklyn.","products":[{"product_id":"the-shocking-experiments-of-miss-mary-bennet-hardcover","title":"The Shocking Experiments of Miss Mary Bennet - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn utterly fantastical and undeniably queer melding of \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein \u003c\/i\u003ethat recasts Mary Bennet as an insatiable scientist, one who creates a monster in an attempt to save herself from spinsterdom\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Awkward, plain, and overlooked, Mary Bennet has long been out of favor not only with her own family but with generations of readers of \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e. But what was this peculiar girl really doing while her sisters were falling in love? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As, one by one, Mary's sisters get married, she hatches a plan. If the world won't give this fierce, lonely girl a place, she'll carve one out herself. In a desperate bid to avoid becoming a burden on her family or, worse, married to a controlling man, Mary does what any bright, intrepid girl would do. She takes to the attic and teach herself to reanimate the dead. If finding acceptance requires a husband, she'll get one. . . even if she has to make him herself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e However, Mary's genius and determination aren't enough to control the malevolent force that she unwittingly unleashes. Soon, her attempts to rein in the destruction wreaked by her creations leads her to forge a perhaps unlikely friendship with another brilliant young woman unlike any she's ever known. As that friendship blossoms into something passionate and all-consuming, Mary begins to realize that she may have to choose between the acceptance she's always fought for and true happiness.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102597877983,"sku":"9781538768297","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/t5mRtk3sbT9781538768297.webp?v=1781083561"},{"product_id":"the-scandalous-confessions-of-lydia-bennet-witch-paperback","title":"The Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this \"magical, brilliant\" (Lev Grossman, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author) reimagining of \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, the youngest Bennett sister is given the spotlight.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this exuberant retelling of Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e, Lydia Bennet puts pen to paper to relate the real events and aftermath of the classic story. Some facts are well known: Mrs. Bennet suffers from her nerves, Mr. Bennet suffers from Mrs. Bennet, and all five daughters suffer from an estate that is entailed only to male heirs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But Lydia also suffers from entirely different concerns: her best-loved sister Kitty is really a barn cat; Wickham is every bit as wicked as the world believes him to be, but what else would one expect from a demon? And if Mr. Darcy is uptight about etiquette, that's nothing compared to his feelings about magic. Most of all, Lydia has yet to learn that for a witch, promises have power . . . \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Full of enchantment, intrigue, and boundless magic, \u003ci\u003eThe Scandalous Confessions of Lydia Bennet, Witch\u003c\/i\u003e, has all the irreverent wit, strength, and romance of\u003ci\u003e Pride and Prejudice\u003c\/i\u003e--while offering a highly unexpected redemption for the wildest Bennet sister. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES BEST SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY PICK FOR 2023\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104086233311,"sku":"9781538739211","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Hbd96jVvst9781538739211.webp?v=1781100009"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/melinda-taub.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}