Jane Austen Ruined My Life
A Womens Fiction, Adult Fiction, Romance book. The thing about obsessing about a happy ending is that you forget to enjoy the journey along the...
Emma Grant has a respectable marriage, a prestigious teaching job, and plans for children. Then one day she finds her husband in bed with another woman, and her world crumbles. Denied tenure in the wake of the scandal, Emma quits Texas, heading for England to pursue a dream - to find the 3000 missing letters of Jane Austen. A reclusive widow claims to have the author's correspondence, and agrees to allow her sight of the letters, but only subject to stringent security and the completion of a series of tasks which set Emma off across England, searching for the secrets Jane Austen hoped to bury. And the reappearance of her old friend,...
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- Pages: 288 pages
- ISBN: 9780857210104 / 857210106
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My life was a disaster, but there were still books. Lots and lots of books. A refuge. A solace. Each one offering the possibility of a new beginning. Had Beth Pattillo, Jane Austen Ruined My Life // The thing about obsessing about a happy ending is that you forget to enjoy the journey along the way, You forget to appreciate the people alongside you. Beth Pattillo, Jane Austen Ruined My Life // Marriages are buffeted by more important things, like money and sex and children and jobs and in-laws, in constantly changing combinations. Beth Pattillo, Jane Austen Ruined My Life //
***Possible Spoilers***With a title like that, one would think this book is just another Austen inspired piece of fluff, right?Not exactly. JARML is predictable in that there is the heroine, the good guy, and the bad guy. Most of the similarities end there. In this story, the heroine, Emma (a JA scholar), already had her happily ever... It took me less than twenty-four hours (way less) to finish reading this book; and a lot of it was because I was focused on getting to the end and seeing how the story played out. I held off on reading this book because at the time I'd gotten it, I was too overwhelmed with all the other Jane Austen-based books I'd gotten my hands on... What a provocative title! Are Jane Austen fans in danger of having unsuccessful marriages and relationships because they aspire to find their own Mr. Darcy? Has reading too many happy endings deluded women into a believing that their life can be as perfect and carefree as in a fairy tale? And, is Jane Austen to blame for this false...
