If you didn’t know Jane Austen wrote a sequel to Emma, that’s because she didn’t. This sequel was written by Rachel Billington. The story opens a year after Emma’s marriage to Mr. Knightley with the couple still living at Hartfield with Mr. Woodhouse
The review for Emma and Knightley by Rachel Billington was originally written 2/2/2009 for Literary Fiction, BellaOnline. The full review of Emma and Knightley can now be read at Squid Lit.
What could be more beautiful than a family? Why, the debacles of two of course! Awarded the Orange Prize for Fiction, On Beauty follows the Belsey and the Kipps families through 443 pages of shenanigans only family can forgive. This review appeared 7/17/2006 on Literary Fiction, BellaOnline. The full review of Zadie Smith’s On Beauty…
In White Oleander, Janet Fitch describes the Santa Ana blossoms as desert survivalists, as “delicate poisonous blooms” with “dagger green leaves”. Throughout this novel, the words sing a poetic duet with the reader and, from her opening description, I was humming along. “Oleander time” is a time when white oleanders blossom and “lovers who kill…
Have you thought about what you want for Christmas this year? Here are a few suggestions to send along to the present buyer in your house. Or perhaps you know a writer you want to spoil. Godiva Chocolates – What’s a writing space without some chocolate. Godiva chocolate has some of the most decadent chocolate…
I’m a fan of old tomes like Becoming A Writer by Dorothea Brande, first published in 1934. This is the kind of self-help book we all wish we could write, one that so hits the mark that it endures for 75 years and is as relevant today as when it was first published. Despite the…
Mr. Darcy, from Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice, continues to be an icon for many readers and writers but most only know him from the perspective of Elizabeth Bennet. Would not it be nice to know Mr. Darcy’s point-of-view? Janet Aylmer, a long time Jane
You often hear of the ties binding women. Water Wings, through the help of one family explores what separates them. Their unique differences and the secrets not shared. Water Wings reads like a slow swim on a calm Sunday morning. The review for Water Wings by Kristen den Hartog was originally written 3/2/2009 for Literary…