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My Jane Austen Summer
A Season In Mansfield Park
Cindy James

William Morrow
March 2011 / ISBN 9780062003973
Romance / Contemporary / US & England
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Reviewed by Barbara Buhrer

Lily Berry loses her mother, is dumped by her boyfriend and fired from her job. She is definitely down on her luck. Her bookstore friend invites her to attend the Literary Festival in England. Lily has a passion for all things Jane Austen so traveling to England and attending a Jane Austen reenacting festival will give her an escape from her troubles. She has no acting ability but she has many other abilities.

In England she meets and falls in love with Willie Somerford, a deacon in the Anglican church who isn't sure of his calling and is writing a novel. She finds that solving her problems depends on herself and not on her environment.

It's a poignant, funny and even instructive story of a woman who goes on a journey of self-discovery in the world of a classic novel. This book weaves a modern romance with the characters, themes and scenes from Jane Austen's Mansfield Park. An enjoyable read especially if you are a "Janite", but enjoyable even if you are not.

 
Reviewed 2011
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