Results for "Miss Jane" in Women's Fiction

Drawing on the story of his own great-aunt, Watson explores the life of Miss Jane Chisolm, born in rural, early-20th-century Mississippi with a genital birth defect that would stand in the way of the central "uses" for a woman in that time and place: sex and marriage. From the highly erotic world of nature around her to the hard tactile labor of farm life, from the country doctor who befriends her to the boy who loved but was forced to leave her, Miss Jane Chisolm and her world are anything but barren.

Miss Janie is at the end of a long and full life, but she has no intention of crossing that finish line until she’s found her girls.... It’s been ten years since Teresa and Kayla shook off the dust of Birthright, Texas, went their separate ways, and never looked back. Apart from their foster mom, Miss Janie, they don’t have many fond memories of their hometown. Or of each other. Still, neither can forget the kind woman who opened her home and heart to two teenagers in need. 

Rose Wallace’s world revolves around all things Jane Austen, and with the annual festival in Bath - and the arrival of dishy archaeologist Dr. Aiden Trevellyan - just around the corner, all is well with the world. But then a mysterious woman who bears more than a passing resemblance to the great author moves in upstairs, and things take a disastrous turn. Rose’s new neighbour is none other than Jane Austen herself, now trapped in the 21st century after her time-travel adventure was sabotaged by a mischievous dog. Rose’s life is instantly changed.

After becoming trapped in present-day Bath due to a mishap with her time-traveling charm, Jane Austen is safe and sound back in the 1800s thanks to Rose Wallace’s help. Now, Rose is ready to focus on her fledgling romance with dreamy Dr. Aiden Trevellyan. But when Jane reappears in the present, it looks like Rose and Aiden have no choice but to follow her back to 1813.... 

A daring re-imagining of an Austen classic from the unflinching viewpoint of the misunderstood Miss Bates. Henrietta Bates, the iconic bore of Austen’s Emma, is the opposite of handsome, clever, and rich Emma: she is plain, ill-educated, and impoverished. An unmarried woman of quite a...

Brought to you by Penguin. It is a truth universally acknowledged, that every good mystery is in need of a brilliant sleuth... Welcome to Hampshire, 1795, where a young Jane Austen has her sights set on securing a marriage proposal from the dashing Tom Lefroy at a local ball. But when a shocking...

A missing maid. A murder most foul. A highly imprudent adventure. ‘Wonderful scene setting and addictively pacey, this book will delight Jane Austen and Agatha Christie fans alike’ Fliss Chester 'Intriguing, sharply funny, and a beautifully written mystery. I laughed out loud as I read –...

Willkommen im gemütlichen Hareby, wo es die besten Zimtschnecken gibt und die Luft nach Salz riecht. Alma lebt mit ihrem Verlobten Clemens in einem schicken Kopenhagener Apartment und alles scheint perfekt. Doch während sich Clemens weiter in seine Arbeit vertieft, läuft es für sie beruflich immer schlechter. Kurzerhand schnappt Alma ihre Katze und fährt nach Hareby: ihr Heimatdorf, das sie seit dem Tod ihres Vaters nur selten besucht hat. Auf dem Campingplatz bei ihrer Mutter zu sein, tut Alma gut. Alles ist vertraut, sogar die alte Inga bäckt noch die weltbesten Zimtschnecken.

Als Simons Ehe in Scherben liegt, flüchtet der Architekt zu seiner Oma Frida ins idyllische Hareby an der dänischen Küste. Nirgends fühlt er sich so geborgen wie in dem gemütlichen Reetdachhaus, das schon morgens nach Zimtschnecken duftet. Doch alles ist anders als früher, denn dort lebt nun auch Fridas jüngere Mitbewohnerin.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Ivy and Abe by Elizabeth Enfield, read by Cassidy Janson. Meet Ivy and Abe. Childhood friends in the 1960s, Ivy and Abe were inseparable until a chance event tore them apart. Now in their early seventies, fate once again brings them together - both...