After years of following her best friend's lead, Mary Davies finds a whimsical trip back to Austen's Regency England paves the way towards a new future. Mary Davies lives and works in Austin, Texas, as an industrial engineer. She has an orderly and productive life, a job and colleagues that...
After years of following her best friend's lead, Mary Davies finds a whimsical trip back to Austen's Regency England paves the way towards a new future.
Mary Davies lives and works in Austin, Texas, as an industrial engineer. She has an orderly and productive life, a job and colleagues that she enjoys-particularly a certain adorable, intelligent, and hilarious consultant. But something is missing for Mary. When her estranged and emotionally fragile childhood friend Isabel Dwyer offers Mary a two-week stay in a gorgeous manor house in Bath, Mary reluctantly agrees to come along, in hopes that the holiday will shake up her quiet life in just the right ways. But Mary gets more than she bargained for when Isabel loses her memory and fully believes that she lives in Regency England. Mary becomes dependent on a household of strangers to take care of Isabel until she wakes up.
With Mary in charge and surrounded by new friends, Isabel rests and enjoys the leisure of a Regency lady. But life gets even more complicated when Mary makes the discovery that her life and Isabel's have intersected in more ways that she knew, and she finds herself caught between who Isabel was, who she seems to be, and the man who stands between them. Outings are undertaken, misunderstandings play out, and dancing ensues as this triangle works out their lives and hearts among a company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation.
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After years of following her best friend's lead, Mary Davies finds a whimsical trip back to Austen's Regency England paves the way towards a new future. Mary Davies lives and works in Austin, Texas, as an industrial engineer. She has an orderly and productive life, a job and colleagues that...
After years of following her best friend's lead, Mary Davies finds a whimsical trip back to Austen's Regency England paves the way towards a new future.
Mary Davies lives and works in Austin, Texas, as an industrial engineer. She has an orderly and productive life, a job and colleagues that she enjoys-particularly a certain adorable, intelligent, and hilarious consultant. But something is missing for Mary. When her estranged and emotionally fragile childhood friend Isabel Dwyer offers Mary a two-week stay in a gorgeous manor house in Bath, Mary reluctantly agrees to come along, in hopes that the holiday will shake up her quiet life in just the right ways. But Mary gets more than she bargained for when Isabel loses her memory and fully believes that she lives in Regency England. Mary becomes dependent on a household of strangers to take care of Isabel until she wakes up.
With Mary in charge and surrounded by new friends, Isabel rests and enjoys the leisure of a Regency lady. But life gets even more complicated when Mary makes the discovery that her life and Isabel's have intersected in more ways that she knew, and she finds herself caught between who Isabel was, who she seems to be, and the man who stands between them. Outings are undertaken, misunderstandings play out, and dancing ensues as this triangle works out their lives and hearts among a company of clever, well-informed people who have a great deal of conversation.
The Austen Escape$26.99
Koorong code480555
ISBN9780718078096
Pages320
PublisherThomas Nelson Publishers
Publication date07 November 2017
Dimensions27 x 139 x 212mm
Weight0.289kg
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Rated 4.3 out of 5 stars
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I can never pass by a Jane Austen themed novel, and 'The Austen Escape' is definitely a must-read for Austen fans. Mary Davis is a quirky, likable heroine, even if she (gasp) has not read all the Jane Austen novels! Nonetheless, the book is jam-packed with enough Austen references to satisfy even the most die-hard Austen fan. As a Christian novel, I did find this a bit disappointing. There is nothing to identify this as a 'Christian' novel: even the characters do not seem to be active Christians.
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I recommend this product
Rated 5 out of 5 stars
7 years ago
Poignant
I loved this book even though I haven't read all the Jane Austen books referred to in it. Katherine Reay has a gift of making language and words speak emotions and paint a picture. I found myself wanting to just dwell in this story with the characters. Beautifully written. Mary and Isabelle, the main characters, go on a trip to Bath, England to spend two weeks dressed and Austen characters and experience life as they would have lived. What they discover is themselves. They learn to understand themselves and each other. Absolutely beautiful and poignant. A book not to be rushed.
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I recommend this product
Rated 4 out of 5 stars
8 years ago
Love Jane Austen?
I've read and enjoyed all of Katherine Reay's books. After meeting Isabel and the other characters I suspect I'm less an Austen fan than someone who has read all her books a few times. They know their Austen. \\r\\n\\r\\nBut The Austen Escape will be fun even for those readers like me who can't find an appropriate Austen quote for every situation. Once the characters arrive at Braithwaite House, they not only dress in Regency costumes but take on the identities of Austen's characters. \\r\\n\\r\\nThis has the potential to get confusing. However, the novel starts with a useful summary of all the main Austen characters mentioned in the book. \\r\\n\\r\\nOne maybe-complaint is that The Austen Escape is published by Thomas Nelson, so some readers may pick it up expecting Christian fiction. I didn't notice as I was reading, but there was no faith aspect to the story. Also, there were a few geographical mistakes (like the location of Oxford in relation to Bath). \\r\\n\\r\\nHowever, it was still an excellent romance which will appeal to Austen lovers. \\r\\n\\r\\n Thanks to Thomas Nelson and NetGalley for providing a free ebook for review.
