From the publisher: "In California's central valley, five women and one man join to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Over the six months they get together, marriages are tested, unsuitable arrangements become suitable, and love happens. With her eye for the frailties of human behavior and her ear for the absurdities of social intercourse, Karen Joy Fowler has never been wittier nor her characters more appealing. The result is a delicious dissection of modern relationships. Dedicated Austenites will delight in unearthing the echoes of Austen that run through the novel, but most readers will simply enjoy the vision and voice that, despite two centuries of separation, unite two great writers of brilliant social comedy."

By Karen Joy Fowler, author of the New York Times bestselling The Jane Austen Book Club, shortlisted for the 2014 Man Booker Prize, and winner of the 2014 PEN/Faulkner Award. From the publisher: "Meet the Cooke family: Mother and Dad, brother Lowell, sister Fern, and Rosemary, who begins her story in the middle. She has her reasons....." But then her sister becomes estranged, or at least that's what we'll call it—don't read the description! Just start reading."