by Cindy Jones
Kind of boring. Skimmed the last third.
The protagonist, Lily, is patterned on Fanny Price in Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. It's about her journey, musings, and what she was searching for in life.Lily gets fired from her job and winds up in England at a literature festival. The characters seem a little odd until you realize they are well-...
Lily has some issues/problems she has a low self esteem wonder why after her boyfriend dumps her, she losses her job, her dad has taken up with a women Lily can not stand and her mom dies. She is known as needy with that Lily goes to England to participate in a Jane Austen festival. Lily starts to l...
How could I not like a book about bookish things, namely Jane Austen. That said I really enjoyed this book, but was kind of disappointed in the ending. However, that is just me because I like certain types of endings even though life may not always be that way!
Mixed feelings, but overall, I liked it. I liked that she kept engaging with the idea of "my Jane Austen." Didn't like the abundance of romances -- that seemed contrived and unrealistic. Some of the best stuff is at the end of the novel, in the author's questions and answers section. She discusses h...
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