An empowering memoir of a life reclaimed through reading.
Ruth Wilson first encountered Pride and Prejudice in the 1940s and has returned to Jane Austen countless times over the course of a long life. After her sixtieth birthday, she took the radical decision to retreat from her conventional married life and live alone while confronting feelings of loss and unhappiness. As Wilson read between the lines of Austen's six major novels, she felt herself reclaiming her voice and her sense of self.
An uplifting memoir of love, self-acceptance and the curative power of reading, The Jane Austen Remedy is an inspirational account of nine vivid decades, unravelling memories and searching for small truths to help explain the arc of a life that has been both ordinary and extraordinary.
| ISBN: | 9780749029456 |
| Publication date: | 18th May 2023 |
| Author: | Ruth Wilson |
| Publisher: | Allison & Busby Limited an imprint of Allison & Busby |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Primary Genre | Biographies & Autobiographies |
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An empowering memoir of a life reclaimed through reading.
Ruth Wilson first encountered Pride and Prejudice in the 1940s and has returned to Jane Austen countless times over the course of a long life. After her sixtieth birthday, she took the radical decision to retreat from her conventional married life and live alone while confronting feelings of loss and unhappiness. As Wilson read between the lines of Austen's six major novels, she felt herself reclaiming her voice and her sense of self.
An uplifting memoir of love, self-acceptance and the curative power of reading, The Jane Austen Remedy is an inspirational account of nine vivid decades, unravelling memories and searching for small truths to help explain the arc of a life that has been both ordinary and extraordinary.
The Jane Austen Remedy features in the following genres: Biographies & Autobiographies, Memoirs
The Jane Austen Remedy is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Jane Austen Remedy was written by Ruth Wilson and published by Allison & Busby Limited an imprint of Allison & Busby
The Jane Austen Remedy has 288 pages
£8.99
