Author: Julia Sonneborn
Published: February 6th 2018 by Gallery Books
Format: eBook, Paperback, 384 pages
Genre: Women's Fiction
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
This is such a girl book -- full of love, loss, and redemption. About how at one point in your life you can overthink what you want, over read the advice that others have given you, and it is not until years later, that you realize that your destiny had always been standing there right in front of you.
Apparently, this is a retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, which I have not read, so I cannot go on at length comparing the two, but I can tell you that the lead character, Anne Corey, is a teacher and lover of 19th century women’s novels and Persuasion is her favorite. Thus setting up the tale of how Anne comes face to face with her college boyfriend after a 13-year break and then realizes that he is her new boss at Fairfax College. A small liberal arts college in California that is surprisingly similar to one of the Claremont Colleges.
With a threat of publish-or-perish hanging over her head, Anne is desperate to find a company that will take her manuscript to print before her deadline runs out, but this is only one of the dramas that are causing her to drink too much. Her best friend Larry has found himself in a relationship with a married actor that is becoming a household name in a funky movie based on Jane Eyre, a visiting author is making his rounds through campus and honesty is not his forte. Yet not all has befallen Anne when she receives a shocking call and must rush to the hospital for a final goodbye.
Like all women’s fiction, there is your usual happily ever after and a giant exhale when all is said and done. You realize that there are certain characters that you are going to miss and certain characters that you will continue to role your eyes at since they fit the overused stereotype, but that is ok, you needed a weekend book that took your away and then left you with a smile.
Apparently, this is a retelling of Jane Austen’s Persuasion, which I have not read, so I cannot go on at length comparing the two, but I can tell you that the lead character, Anne Corey, is a teacher and lover of 19th century women’s novels and Persuasion is her favorite. Thus setting up the tale of how Anne comes face to face with her college boyfriend after a 13-year break and then realizes that he is her new boss at Fairfax College. A small liberal arts college in California that is surprisingly similar to one of the Claremont Colleges.
With a threat of publish-or-perish hanging over her head, Anne is desperate to find a company that will take her manuscript to print before her deadline runs out, but this is only one of the dramas that are causing her to drink too much. Her best friend Larry has found himself in a relationship with a married actor that is becoming a household name in a funky movie based on Jane Eyre, a visiting author is making his rounds through campus and honesty is not his forte. Yet not all has befallen Anne when she receives a shocking call and must rush to the hospital for a final goodbye.
Like all women’s fiction, there is your usual happily ever after and a giant exhale when all is said and done. You realize that there are certain characters that you are going to miss and certain characters that you will continue to role your eyes at since they fit the overused stereotype, but that is ok, you needed a weekend book that took your away and then left you with a smile.
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