"Vinegar Girl" by Anne Tyler was a really fun retelling of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" (one of my favorite Shakespeare plays, too). Kate is twenty-nine and single, a preschool aide who keeps her widowed father's house and is in charge of her pretty fifteen year old sister, Bunny. Her father is a scientist and his research assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported since his visa is almost up. Kate's father suggests she marry him so he can stay in the country, since, after all, it's not like she'll ever get another offer. Kate is naturally offended but sees the opportunity to start a life away from her father and as she gets to know Pyotr discovers he's not really so bad. It was really cute, I enjoyed it.
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