{"product_id":"9781250260598","title":"Miss Austen : A Novel of the Austen Sisters","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eMiss Austen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Gill Hornby\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"In a cultured, melodious voice, narrator Juliet Stevenson becomes Miss Cassandra Austen, older sister to Jane and keeper of her memory.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e AudioFile Magazine, \u003c\/i\u003eEarphones Award winner  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor fans of Jo Baker’s \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLongbourn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, a witty, poignant audiobook about Cassandra Austen and her famous sister, Jane.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEngland, 1840. For the two decades following the death of her beloved sister, Jane, Cassandra Austen has lived alone and unwed, spending her days visiting friends and relations and quietly, purposefully working to preserve her sister’s reputation. Now in her 60s and increasingly frail, Cassandra goes to stay with the Fowles of Kintbury, family of her long-dead fiancé, in search of a trove of Jane’s letters. Dodging her hostess and a meddlesome housemaid, Cassandra eventually hunts down the letters and confronts the secrets they hold, secrets not only about Jane but about Cassandra herself. Will Cassandra bare the most private details of her life to the world, or commit her sister’s legacy to the flames? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoving back and forth between the vicarage and Cassandra’s vibrant memories of her years with Jane, interwoven with Jane’s brilliantly reimagined lost letters, \u003ci\u003eMiss Austen \u003c\/i\u003eis the untold story of the most important person in Jane’s life. With extraordinary empathy, emotional complexity, and wit, Gill Hornby finally gives Cassandra her due, bringing to life a woman as captivating as any Austen heroine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A deeply imagined and deeply moving novel. Reading it made me happy and weepy in equally copious amounts.” —Karen Joy Fowler  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A delightfully astute reimagining of Jane Austen’s life that offers a shrewd take on Regency gender roles... Ms. Hornby enlivens the exhumation with inspired touches of social comedy and a cast of appealing eccentrics.\" -- \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal   \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMiss Austen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Hornby’s gift to the world of Austen lovers is to return to Cassandra her rightful recognition as Jane’s most intimate and sustaining relationship, her greatest love. This is a deeply imagined and deeply moving novel. Reading it made me happy and weepy in equally copious amounts.”  \u003cbr\u003e—Karen Joy Fowler, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jane Austen Book Club \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWe Are All Completely Beside Ourselves \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Unputdownable. So good, so intelligent, so clever, so entertaining—I adored it.”\u003cbr\u003e—Claire Tomalin, author of \u003ci\u003eJane Austen: A Life\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Extraordinary and heart-wrenching, \u003ci\u003eMiss Austen\u003c\/i\u003e transported me from page one. A remarkable novel that is wholly original, deeply moving, and emotionally complex. A gift to all Austen lovers.”\u003cbr\u003e—Lara Prescott, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secrets We Kept \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Gill Hornby places Cassandra center stage and ingeniously imagines what her own life might have been like—an approach which casts a different light on the familiar biographical picture without in any way distorting it.”\u003cbr\u003e—Deirdre Le Faye, editor of \u003ci\u003eJane Austen’s Letters \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I’ve seldom enjoyed any Austen-centered book so much as this. Affecting and thought-provoking, it makes you think about both the Miss Austens in a new light.”\u003cbr\u003e—Helena Kelly, author of \u003ci\u003eJane Austen, the Secret Radical\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A joy from the prologue to the author’s note. Rich in historical detail, family lore, and heart, \u003ci\u003eMiss Austen\u003c\/i\u003e will wow Janeites and enchant the uninitiated. Upon her sister’s death, Cassandra claimed that she was ‘the sun of my life.’ Now we know why.” \u003cbr\u003e—Laurel Ann Nattress, editor of \u003ci\u003eJane Austen Made Me Do It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fans of Austen will rejoice in the chance to enter this fictional world and spend time with the extended Austen family as Cassandra and Jane navigate the demands of her genius and temperament in the face of the many pressures single women have endured throughout history.”\u003cbr\u003e—Natalie Jenner, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Jane Austen Society\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250260598\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Macmillan Audio","offers":[{"title":"CD-Audio","offer_id":40721851711694,"sku":"9781250260598","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_4e540f5c-4a5a-4273-8694-0c04fdee9f43.jpg?v=1641100346","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250260598","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}