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For readers of Waiting for Tom Hanks and Well Met, a gloriously satisfying (Glamour) romantic comedy set at a Jane Austen fantasy resort from New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale. Now a major motion picture starring Keri Russell and produced by Stephenie Meyer.
Jane Hayes is a young New Yorker with a real romantic problem: no man she meets can compare to her one true loveMr. Darcy from Jane Austens Pride and Prejudice. But when a wealthy relative bequeaths her a trip to an English resort for Austen fanatics, Jane's fantasies of meeting the perfect Regency-era gentleman suddenly become realer than she ever could have imagined.
Dressed in empire waist gowns and torn between a sexy gardener and an actor playing the brooding Darcy role, Jane finds herself mastering the rules of etiquette and of the resorts flirtatious games. But when its time to bid Austenland goodbye, can Jane really leave her fantasiesand the two men whove played into thembehind?
In this addictive, charming, and entirely delightful story, Shannon Hale brings out the Jane Austen obsessive in all of us.
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Funny, moving, and a real surprise. * USA Today * Gloriously satisfying. * Glamour * Adorable! This is the best tribute to obsessed Austen freaks (like me) that Ive ever read. * Stephenie Meyer, New York Times bestselling author of the TWILIGHT series * An utterly enjoyable tribute. * Miami Herald * An homage to Austen Austenland offers hope that after years of fruitless searching for a companion, just when youre ready to give up on love, it will find you on its own. * Houston Chronicle * Allow me to direct you to the best Austen tribute since Karen Joy Fowler's The Jane Austen Book Club: Shannon Hale's clever and imaginative Austenland... Hale's charming first book for adults is chick lit with soul. Though there's a laugh on nearly every page--Hale, like Austen, is adept at subtly skewering the ridiculousthere's also the more serious story of a woman learning the difference between fantasy and reality, and discovering that real life can be better than your dreams. Is there a better message for a summer read? * Bookpage *
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For readers of Waiting for Tom Hanks and Well Met, a gloriously satisfying (Glamour) romantic comedy set at a Jane Austen fantasy resort from New York Times bestselling author Shannon Hale. Now a major motion picture starring Keri Russell and produced by Stephenie Meyer.
Shannon Hale is the New York Times bestselling author of 30+ books for young readers including Newbery Honor winner Princess Academy, The Goose Girl, Book of a Thousand Days, Kind of a Big Deal, and graphic novel memoirs Real Friends and Best Friends. Her novels for the adult crowd include Austenland (now a major motion picture starring Keri Russell), Midnight in Austenland, and The Actor and the Housewife. With her husband Dean, she penned the bestselling series The Princess in Black and two novels about Marvels unbeatable Squirrel Girl. They live in Utah with their four remarkable children and two ridiculous cats.
