BRONXVILLE, N.Y., May 1, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The old scenario of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew gets a new twist by Sondra Luger. Her new novel, Rich, Never Married, Rich (now available through 1stBooks Library) tells the story of one independent daughter, who tries desperately to marry off her two precocious sisters so she can enjoy her freedom.
Luger's story opens with Eleanor Margot, charming matriarch and gracious widow, who is determined to see her daughters well married, at least the two uncontrollable younger ones. Nancy and Betty are in desperate need of the sobering responsibilities of marriage. Mrs. Margot despairs that her eldest and most deserving daughter, Suzanne, has decided to forgo marriage vows. Helping to keep her sisters behaving as properly as their improper inclinations would allow has soured her on matrimony.
Suzanne, who longs for sweet blessed freedom, formulates a plan based on her mother's extensive research of eligible bachelors. Her mother's list takes the three sisters to seek out the four men at a hotel conference. There is Harry Bellemore, a dashing, freedom-loving playboy. George Crump is prim and proper with a mother to match. Derek Barnesforth dazzles ladies with his boyish, Englishman charm and Philippe Juneau is a private, elegant Frenchman. Yearning for freedom, Suzanne has no intention of succumbing to the ideal man even if he happens to stride into her life.
Carefully laid plans often go awry, as intrigue meets Mother Nature in this witty novel.
Luger taught English in a New York City high school. She enjoys art, opera, jazz, classical music, especially Mozart, Haydn and Handel and literature. She states that Jane Austen is her favorite. A firm believer in happy endings, Luger says, "If you don't believe in them, you'll never have them." This is her first novel.
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