![]() It’s a first person narrative, so Zuri’s voice is extremely strong throughout – there is no avoiding her slang and patter, and it feels so starkly different from the original that it seems a shock. I will admit, it took a little to settle into. I’ve mentioned before that I am always on the lookout for good adaptations, so when I heard Pride was being released this year it immediately went on my wish list. It’s almost a family book – my mother, my aunts and uncles, my cousins, we all love it. ![]() ![]() I have been a fan of Pride and Prejudice since I was about 14 years old. Yet as Zuri and Darius are forced to find common ground, their initial dislike shifts into an unexpected understanding.īut with four wild sisters pulling her in different directions, cute boy Warren vying for her attention, and college applications hovering on the horizon, Zuri fights to find her place in Bushwick’s changing landscape, or lose it all. She especially can’t stand the judgmental and arrogant Darius. When the wealthy Darcy family moves in across the street, Zuri wants nothing to do with their two teenage sons, even as her older sister, Janae, starts to fall for the charming Ainsley. But pride might not be enough to save her rapidly gentrifying neighborhood from becoming unrecognizable. ![]() Brooklyn pride, family pride, and pride in her Afro-Latino roots. Genre: Contemporary literature, Classic rewrite ![]() UK Publisher: Harper Collins/Balzer and Bray ![]()
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