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Vinegar girl : the taming of the shrew retold / Anne Tyler.

ISBN: 9780345809148
ISBN: 0345809149
Physical Description: 237 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Toronto : Knopf Canada, 2016.
Copyright: &copy;2016.

Tyler, Anne, (author.). Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Taming of the shrew. (Added Author).

Summary:

"The newest entry in the Hogarth Shakespeare series brings The Taming of the Shrew into the modern world. Kate is stuck in a life taking care of her absent minded professor father and her sister, Bunny. When her father suggests a marriage of convenience in order to secure a green card for his lab assistant Pyotr, Kate is shocked. This is a sweet and humorous story about two people, who don’t quite fit in, finding each other. Tyler’s wonderful writing updates and improves on the original."-- Catherine Coyne for LibraryReads.

Kate Battista is feeling stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, she's always in trouble at work. Dr. Battista has other problems. After years out in the academic wilderness, he is on the verge of a breakthrough. His research could help millions. There's only one problem: his brilliant young lab assistant Pyotr is about to be deported. When Dr. Battista cooks up an outrageous plan that will enable Pyotr to stay in the country, he's relying - as usual - on Kate to help him.