Being Mary Bennet

Determined to reinvent herself, seventeen-year-old Marnie Barnes, with the help of her bubbly roommate, opens herself up to new experiences, new friends, a very cute boy, and a rescue pup, finally learning to embrace who she really is.
After a series of Marnie-induced disasters, Marnie Barnes is convinced that she, like Elizabeth Bennett from Pride and Prejudice, is the long-suffering protagonist of her life. Determine to reinvent herself, she opens herself up to the world: new friends, a cute boy, and a rescue pup. Marnie soon realizes that it's not necessary to complete rewrite your life: just find the right cast of characters, the love interest of your dreams, and the ability to embrace your story, flaws and all. -- adapted from jacket
It is a truth universally acknowledged that every bookworm secretly wishes to be Lizzy Bennet from Pride and Prejudice.A less acknowledged truth is that Mary Bennet might be a better fit.For Marnie Barnes, realizing she’s a Mary Bennet is devastating. But she’s determined to reinvent herself, so she enlists the help of her bubbly roommate and opens up to the world. And between new friends, a very cute boy, and a rescue pup named Sir Pat, Marnie finds herself on a path to becoming a new person entirely. But she’s no Lizzy, or even Mary—instead, she’s someone even better: just plain Marnie.With a hilariously sharp voice, a sweet and fulfilling romance that features a meet-cute in an animal shelter, and a big family that revels in causing big problems, this charming comedy of errors about a girl who resolves to become the main character of her own story (at any and all costs), is perfect for fans of Jenny Han and Becky Albertalli…and Jane Austen, of course.