{"product_id":"my-jane-austen-summer-a-season-in-mansfield-park-isbn-9780062003973","title":"My Jane Austen Summer: A Season in Mansfield Park","description":"\u003cp\u003e“When one has read the six great Austen novels…and then reread and then reread the six again, one’s only recourse is the company of others equally bereft. Cindy Jones’s \u003cem\u003eMy Jane Austen Summer\u003c\/em\u003e fills the gap with a nourishing Austen-soaked setting, a wonderfully surprising plot, and Lily, a delightfully peculiar heroine.”\u003cbr\u003e—Karen Joy Fowler, author of \u003cem\u003eThe Jane Austen Book Club\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor Cindy Jones has a gift for the millions of readers everywhere who have been enchanted by \u003cem\u003ePride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility\u003c\/em\u003e, and the other wondrous works of the inimitable Austen—not to mention fans of more contemporary delights such as \u003cem\u003eThe Jane Austen Book Club\u003c\/em\u003e. Jones’s \u003cem\u003eMy Jane Austen Summer\u003c\/em\u003e is a delightful, funny, poignant novel in which a contemporary woman—an obsessed Austenphile—learns much about life, love, and herself during one magical summer in England spent re-enacting Jane Austen’s \u003cem\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eLily has squeezed herself into undersized relationships all her life, hoping one might grow as large as those found in the Jane Austen novels she loves. But lately her world is running out of places for her to fit. So when her bookish friend invites her to spend the summer at a Jane Austen literary festival in England, she jumps at the chance to reinvent herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere, among the rich, promising world of \u003cem\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/em\u003e reenactments, Lily finds people whose longing to live in a novel equals her own. But real-life problems have a way of following you wherever you go, and Lily's accompany her to England. Unless she can change her ways, she could face the fate of so many of Miss Austen's characters, destined to repeat the same mistakes over and over again. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Jane Austen Summer\u003c\/em\u003e explores how we fall in love, how we come to know ourselves better, and how it might be possible to change and be happier in the real world.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Jones’ Austenish charm dances through each chapter, causing you fall in love with Lily right from the first few pages while empathizing with the ever complicated issues of her life.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A beautifully written novel full of surprises, with an unexpected heroine you’ll not soon forget.  Cindy Jones’s deeply honest tale of a woman in search of herself carries you away on a literary adventure of the mind and heart, proving her maxim: books are indeed good for you.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSyrie James, author of The Lost Memoirs of Jane Austen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is an amazing debut for Cindy Jones...My Jane Austen Summer is worth every word on the page; I suggest you pick up a copy because you will love it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookreporter.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Whether you are a Jane Austen super fan or a hopeless romantic, Cindy Jones’ debut novel will sweep you off your feet.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe Knows\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“My Jane Austen Summer” is packed with rich plot, detailed characters and elaborate settings…a literary feast for Austen fans.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDeseret News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An indulgent escape for anybody who has ever wished they could live in an Austen novel...poignant, funny, and as sharply observant of human foibles as the great Jane herself.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephanie Barron,,Author of the Jane Austen Mystery Series\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Austen lovers and romantics won’t have had this much fun since Bridget Jones’s Diary.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003edolcedolce.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“When one has read the six great Austen novels, and been through the juvenilia and the letters, and then reread and then reread the six again, one’s only recourse is the company of others equally bereft.  Cindy  Jones’s My Jane Austen Summer fills the gap with a nourishing Austen-soaked setting, a wonderfully surprising plot, and Lily, a delightfully peculiar heroine.   By being so socially awkward, Lily won my heart.  By loving Fanny Price best of all Austen heroines, she also wins my awe and admiration.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren Joy Fowler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Austen lovers everywhere will delight in Lily’s summer adventure and wish Cindy Jones had cast them in a role, too, so they could play a part in this whimsical literary treat.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMarilyn Brant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An invitation to get lost in Austen all over again. 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