Tender homosexual love scenes are book closers for me but that is not what Karen Joy Fowler did here. I even enjoyed the adventures of the lesbian member of this club.
At the same time, one is surprised how relevant Austen can be after 200 years. It is cute stories about divorce, marriage, jobs, romance, kids, dogs and whatever comes out of the hat. As the synopsis states, the author is very witty but her book is not about Austen. It took a while to write a review because the author was hard to pin down. Now, I wouldn't be caught dead in public with this book but on my Zune.who will ever know? One doesn't have to be a complete Austen nutcase to enjoy this book but it doesn't hurt. One wouldn't want that kind information getting out, if one has to live here you know. Along with Marianne Dashwood and Anne Eliot, I am qualified to give an opinion on whether "The Lady of the Lake" or "Marmion" is superior. Like Griggs and Catherine Morland, I have finished "The Mysteries of Udolpho" as well as "The Italian" and even a synopsis of the books in the Northanger Canon. Just between us, I am a sucker for anything Austen. I am a big, tough, guy from somewhere along the bayous of Louisiana who has actually read "Lover's Vows", the play that wasn't performed in "Mansfield Park". Ok, I am not going to tell anybody that I actually enjoy books based on Jane Austen and her works to say nothing of her books.
After all, for years I have had my own little Jane Austen fan club with a membership of one. Maybe that is what the book is, a scandal sheet. I am a bit puzzled at myself: I like her. Kimberly Schraf tells this story as she was gossiping about some absent acquaintances and their doings.
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