About this item
A Paperback Original. A charming, romantic debut novel in which Jane Austen, heralded author, ends up time-traveling almost 200 years in the future. There she finds the love she's written about and the destiny she's dreamed of...but is it worth her legacy? Bath, England, 1803. At 28, Jane Austen prefers walking and reading to balls and assemblies; she dreams of someday publishing her carefully crafted stories. Already on the shelf and in grave danger of becoming a spinster, Jane goes searching for a radical solution - and as a result, seemingly by accident, time-travels. She lands in... Bath, England, present day. The film set of Northanger Abbey. Sofia Wentworth is a Hollywood actress starring in a new period film, an attempt to reinvent her flagging career and, secretly, an attempt to reinvent her failing marriage.
About the Author
Rachel Givney is a writer and filmmaker originally from Sydney, Australia.Her debut novel, JANE IN LOVE, was released in 2020 to critical acclaim. Booklist Magazine judged Jane in Love as "outstanding" and Publisher's Weekly named it in their top ten releases for fall 2020.Jane in Love explores the choices women often must make between their careers and love...When Jane Austen travels to the present day and falls in love with a modern-day man, all her books begin disappearing from the shelves. Ultimately, she must decide between staying in the present - where she's found love - or returning to her own time - where she will write her books and become "Jane Austen".Givney first fell in love with Jane Austen when she read Emma at age 15. She grew intrigued when she discovered the writer of this witty, beautiful love story never married or had any children. She wondered, does an artist - namely a female one - need to be unhappy and / or single, to create art? And if Jane Austen had to choose between the heart and the pen, what would she choose? That's how Jane in Love was born.Her second novel, Secrets My Father Kept, will be released in 2021.
