The Jane Austen Remedy: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a book can c

Description: The Jane Austen Remedy by Ruth Wilson An uplifting and delightfully bookish memoir about an 89-year-old woman who reclaims her life by re-reading each of Jane Austens novels. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Ruth Wilson . . . emerges from this discreet, wry memoir as quietly defiant as any heroine from the Jane Austen novels she so admires.THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALDAt the age of seventy, Ruth Wilson blew up her life. Confronting feelings of regret and unhappiness, she left her husband, bought a sunshine-yellow cottage in the Southern Highlands and resolved to re-read the books that had shaped her formative years: Jane Austens six novels.Over the next ten years, as Ruth read between the lines of both the novels and her own life, she slowly began to reclaim her identity.Now aged ninety, Ruth shares her beautiful, life-affirming lessons in love, self-acceptance and the curative power of reading, as well as a timely reminder that its never too late to seize a second chance.Brilliant . . . a tour de force memoir on the power of reading to light up a life at any age. DEVONEY LOOSERBeautiful and deep . . . A unique approach to Austens books. BRI LEE Author Biography Ruth Wilson read her first Jane Austen novel in 1947. In 2021, at the age of eighty-eight, she graduated from The University of Sydney with a PhD that suggests a new approach to reading literary fiction at school. She encourages her four children, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren to read widely, wisely and well. She and her husband are LATs, a married couple who live apart together. Long Description An uplifting and delightfully bookish memoir about an 89-year-old woman who reclaims her life by re-reading each of Jane Austens novels. Ruth Wilson . . . emerges from this discreet, wry memoir as quietly defiant as any heroine from the Jane Austen novels she so admires. THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD At the age of seventy, Ruth Wilson blew up her life. Confronting feelings of regret and unhappiness, she left her husband, bought a sunshine-yellow cottage in the Southern Highlands and resolved to re-read the books that had shaped her formative years: Jane Austens six novels. Over the next ten years, as Ruth read between the lines of both the novels and her own life, she slowly began to reclaim her identity. Now aged ninety, Ruth shares her beautiful, life-affirming lessons in love, self-acceptance and the curative power of reading, as well as a timely reminder that its never too late to seize a second chance. Brilliant . . . a tour de force memoir on the power of reading to light up a life at any age. DEVONEY LOOSER Beautiful and deep . . . A unique approach to Austens books. BRI LEE Details ISBN176106956X Author Ruth Wilson Format Paperback Pages 320 Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781761069567 Publication Date 2023-01-10 Imprint Allen & Unwin Place of Publication Sydney Country of Publication Australia AU Release Date 2023-01-10 Subtitle It is a truth universally acknowledged that a book can change a life Publisher Allen & Unwin DEWEY 823.7 Audience General NZ Release Date 2023-01-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168434036;

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