The release date for the English version of 'The Jane Austen Book Club' by
Karen Joy Fowler is Apr 2005. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The Amazing Bestseller in the New York Times
A group of five ladies and one male gather to talk about Jane Austen's works in the central valley of California. In the six months after they start dating, marriages are put to the test, extramarital relationships start, inappropriate arrangements become appropriate, and love blossoms. Never has Karen Joy Fowler been funnier or her characters more endearing than she is now, with an eye for the weaknesses in human nature and an ear for the ridiculousness of social interactions. The end product is a delectable analysis of contemporary relationships.
The novel's echoes of Austen may please die-hard Austenites, but most readers will just appreciate the vision and voice that bring together two of the greatest authors of witty social comedy, despite two centuries of distance.