Jane of Austin

A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility

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Pub Date Jun 13 2017 | Archive Date Jan 13 2020

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“Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience - or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.” 
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility


Just a few years after their father’s business scandal shatters their lives, Jane and Celia Woodward find themselves forced out of their San Francisco tea shop. The last thing Jane wants is to leave their beloved shop on Valencia Street, but when Celia insists on a move to Austin, Texas, the sisters pack up their kid sister Margot and Jane’s tea plants, determined to start over yet again.

But life in Austin isn’t all sweet tea and breakfast tacos. Their unusual living situation is challenging and unspoken words begin to fester between Jane and Celia. When Jane meets and falls for up-and-coming musician Sean Willis, the chasm grows deeper.

While Sean seems to charm everyone in his path, one person is immune – retired Marine Captain Callum Beckett. Callum never meant to leave the military, but the twin losses of his father and his left leg have returned him to the place he least expected—Texas. 

In this modern spin on the Austen classic, Sense and Sensibility, the Woodward sisters must contend with new ingredients in unfamiliar kitchens, a dash of heartbreak, and the fragile hope that maybe home isn't so far away.
“Know your own happiness. You want nothing but patience - or give it a more fascinating name, call it hope.” 
― Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility


Just a few years after their father’s business scandal...

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ISBN 9781601429346
PRICE $16.00 (USD)
PAGES 320

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Perhaps the most charming modern retelling of an Austen story to date.

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This is a delightful read! Anyone who enjoys a story with good character development will enjoy it, and it will especially appeal to fans of Jane Austen's books. It follows the framework of Austen's Sense and Sensibility, but adapted to a modern setting this is an original story. Knowing some of what would come created its own suspense for me as I wondered how it would happen. I also had forgotten part of S&S and so was very surprised by a turn in this adaptation! The book is well written with dashes of humor (including a wink to the BBC's Pride and Prejudice mini series that made me laugh), and I liked the book's layout: told from two character's points of view, each chapter starting with a quotation, and appropriate recipes scattered throughout. I highly recommend this book!

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