false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256085372m/5928721.jpg 5928721 3 English professor Emma Douglas has always done everything just the way her minister father told her she should-a respectable marriage, a teaching job at a good college, and plans for the requisite two children. Life was prodigiously good, as her favorite author Jane Austen might say, until the day Emma finds her husband in bed with another woman. Suddenly, all her romantic notions a la Austen are exposed for the foolish dreams they are 6101153 3 2 2009 Jane Austen Ruined My Life total:437|5:42|4:128|3:171|2:82|1:14| 437 1413 944 162 3 2 false false Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 08:38:14 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 20:40:37 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Mar 06 06:43:07 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 06 06:43:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 15:06:26 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 15:06:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 13:59:29 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 19:25:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false true Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 18:36:35 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 18:56:53 -0700 2009 A strange little story, but with an intriguing premise of a large stash of authentic unpublishe...more...]]> 2 3 false true Tue Apr 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 06:58:18 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 07:06:27 -0700 2009 We meet Emma in England whe...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 03 15:02:51 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 07 06:47:25 -0700 2009
Of all the recent crop of 'books for Jane Austen addicts', this one was definitely the most enjoyable for me. The plot was a bit formulaic -- Emma Douglas, bitter over her Jane Austen-inspired quest for a happy ending that was shattered by her u...more...]]> 1 1 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 05:16:51 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 04:15:51 -0800 2009
It’s about a woman who’s recently divorced (spectacularly, I might add). Her career as a literature professor has been ruined by her ex. So, she embarks on a wild goose chase in England to discover th...more...]]> 2 1 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 08 10:29:16 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 23:24:25 -0700 2009
If one says "I love Jane Austen, I will write a book about her life and novels..." then one should ensure that every tiny detail is co...more...]]> 3 0 false true Sun Nov 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 08 19:52:24 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 22:50:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 15 15:33:29 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 07:45:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 10 22:44:10 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 23:45:19 -0700 2009 1 Jane Austen Ruined My Life is another one of those Jane Austen "what if" novels. What if there exists a bunch of letters of the beloved author that have never been seen by the public? Beth Pattillo explores this possibility in her new novel.

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With a title like that, one would think this book is just another Austen inspired piece of fluff, right?

Not exactly. JARML is predictable in that there is the heroine, the good guy, and the bad guy. Most of the similarities end there. In this story, the...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 08:22:22 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 12:08:14 -0700 2009
I think it would have been a more effective story if it were set 20 or 30 years in the past. The actions of the main character, a scholar with a PhD, just weren't believable f...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Oct 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 19 18:09:46 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 16 18:41:14 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 21:57:03 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 22:02:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 19:27:42 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 19:35:27 -0700 2009
So how do I tell you what this is about? It's hard to explain...more...]]> 0 1 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 07:18:39 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 07:24:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Wed Aug 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 08:13:10 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 12 08:16:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Oct 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 11:39:14 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 07:52:18 -0700 2009 Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Patillo was a pleasurable read ~ light and quick and a bit of an escape. English professor and Austen expert Emma Grant is heartbroken, after both her divorce and the collapse of her academic career, when an intriguing communication lures her to England. The bait ~...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5928721