Dumped by her husband (after finding him in the midst of an affair with her teaching assistant - on their kitchen table no less) and her teaching career ruined, Emma Grant escapes to London in pursuit of long-lost letters from Jane Austen. Emma blames Austen for the way her life has turned out, for promising her a happy ending and then not delivering. Not a good position for a renowned Austen scholar to be in. While in England, Emma visits many of the places that Jane Austen lived and finds herself considering both Jane's life and her own.
Not too surprisingly, this is a quick read. The explanations of Jane Austen's life and the descriptions of the places she lived in England made me want to make my own pilgrimage! Emma grows and matures during the course of the novel. Does she find true love? You'll have to read it and find out!
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