by Beth Pattillo
After walking in to find her husband and her teaching assistant having sex on the dining room table, Emma's well-ordered life falls apart, along with her university career specializing in the literary works of Jane Austen. Since it was Austen's novels that made Emma believe in happy endings in the...
I love Jane Austen's novels (particularly Persuasion) but I'm starting to think that Jane Austen-inspired books just aren't for me. While I haven't read any of the fanfic, I've tried various books along the lines of this one and I just couldn't get into any of them. The heroine frustrated me and ...
This is a story of a modern 30-something, recently-divorced woman who goes to England in search of Jane Austen's missing personal letters. She gets sent on a number of "tasks" by the older woman who possesses the letters, which reveal new things about her favorite author and herself.This novel was ...
College professor Emma Grant blames Jane Austen for her ruined life. From reading Austen's novels, she was always led to believe in happy endings. A respectable marriage, a teaching job, promising plans for the future, and studying her favorite author. But when she discovers her husband, Edward, che...
I wasn't sure what to think of this novel, when I reached for it after noticing the title. The fact that it was shelved in the "inspirational" section when, upon reading it, I can say that it shares a slim tie to its counterparts, was also interesting. However.Who can resist the protagonist, Emma?...
It was a quick read, and I was interested in what was happening plotwise, but not very impressed with the writing until the end. Then it became much better -- worth thinking over, worth recommending. A strange little story, but with an intriguing premise of a large stash of authentic unpublished Aus...
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