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Jane Austen Marriage Manual

Jane Austen Marriage Manual

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Kate Shaw, an acting beauty editor for a fashion magazine, has just been told that her services are no longer required. Through no fault of her own, she finds herself single, homeless and in desperate need to help her family survive its own financial and emotional crises. Known for her love of all things Jane Austen, Kate is given a freelance gig that changes everything: to research whether it is possible, in these modern times—and at a certain age—to marry well.

What starts as an article quickly turns into Kate’s real-life quest. From the polo fields of West Palm Beach to the glamour of London’s social scene, Kate chases the man of her dreams, a charming and elegant older financier. But she keeps running into a brooding Englishman who works at an impeccably Austenesque estate. Caught between Mr. Rich and maybe Mr. Right, Kate must choose what she really wants out of life: to marry for money or risk it all for love.

Release date: May 8, 2012

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Print pages: 368

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Rebekah Wolfe
As a single, never married woman over 40, I was happy to be reading a book where the heroine is also in this same category. I liked that, despite her fashion magazine career, she was not your typical "chick lit" heroine in age and upbringing. Beyond that, though, I didn't like this book and ended up skimming to the end because I was basically checked-out of the plot mid-way through. I didn't find the comedic elements funny - falling in manure, doing a pregnancy check on a cow, nor did I find the romantic elements swoony-worthy. The Jane Austen elements also felt tacked-on, li...
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As a single, never married woman over 40, I was happy to be reading a book where the heroine is also in this same category. I liked that, despite her fashion magazine career, she was not your typical "chick lit" heroine in age and upbringing. Beyond that, though, I didn't like this book and ended up skimming to the end because I was basically checked-out of the plot mid-way through. I didn't find the comedic elements funny - falling in manure, doing a pregnancy check on a cow, nor did I find the romantic elements swoony-worthy. The Jane Austen elements also felt tacked-on, like the author's editor told her to give her story some sort of "in" to a reading audience, so she made the heroine a Jane Austen fan who occasionally asked herself WWJD? I don't recommend this book to fans of Austen fan fic.
 on 5/27/21
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