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The Jane Austen Book Club
The Jane Austen Book Club
paperback
Published:
27 January, 2005
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Description
A moving, wise and delightfully modern comedy of manners from the bestselling, Man Booker shortlisted author Karen Joy Fowler.
Six people - five women and a man - meet once a month in California's Central Valley to discuss Jane Austen's novels. They are ordinary people, neither happy nor unhappy, but each of them is wounded in different ways, they are all mixed up about their lives and relationships. Over the six months they meet, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable - under the guiding eye of Jane Austen a couple of them even fall in love...
'If I could eat this novel, I would' Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones
'A thoroughly delightful comedy of contemporary manners' Entertainment Weekly
'We defy you not to fall head over heels for this lovely novel' Mail On Sunday
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780141020266 |
| ISBN10 | 0141020261 |
| Number Of Pages | 304 |
| Item Weight | 210 g |
| Product Dimensions | 131 x 198 x 21 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
Fowler has a voice like no other, lyrical, shrewd and addictive, with a quiet deadpan humor that underlies almost every sentence.
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Author's Bio
Karen Joy Fowler is the Man Booker shortlisted, bestselling author of Sister Noon (a PEN/Faulkner prize finalist), Sarah Canary, The Sweetheart Season, The Jane Austen Book Club, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves and the story collection Black Glass. She is a a PEN/Faulkner Prize finalist and lives in Davis and Santa Cruz, California.