The Jane Austen Book Club -- Karen Joy Fowler

<b>THE <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER <p/>A book club discuss the works of Jane Austen and experience their own affairs of the heart in this charming "tribute to Austen that manages to capture her spirit" (<i>The Boston Globe</i>).</b> <p/>In California's central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, affairs begin, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens. With her eye for the frailties of human behavior and her ear for the absurdities of social intercourse, Karen Joy Fowler has never been wittier nor her characters more appealing. The result is a delicious dissection of modern relationships. <p/>Dedicated Austenites will delight in unearthing the echoes of Austen that run through the novel, but most readers will simply enjoy the vision and voice that, despite two centuries of separation, unite two great writers of brilliant social comedy.<br><br><b>Author:</b> Karen Joy Fowler<br><b>Publisher:</b> G.P. Putnam's Sons<br><b>Published:</b> 04/26/2005<br><b>Pages:</b> 320<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.57lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.04h x 5.38w x 0.68d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780452286535<br><b>Age Range:</b> 18-UP<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Ingram Advance</i> 05/01/2005 pg. 36<br><i>New York Times</i> 05/29/2005 pg. 16<br><i>Entertainment Weekly</i> 10/05/2007 pg. 75<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><b>Karen Joy Fowler</b>, a PEN/Faulkner and Ca