A beautifully imagined novel that shows an author building her art within a sisterhood not previously explored in fiction. Austen scholar Emsley brings us into the relationship between Jane and Fanny Palmer Austen. The women made different choices - one writing, the other becoming a loving wife to Jane's handsome sailor brother Charles. The women become fast friends through letters. Brave Fanny doesn't shy away from accompanying her husband aboard ship with her children, and arrives in England. When they meet in real life, they find they have unforeseen disagreements. With rave reviews from other Austen scholars and fiction writers. Pottersfield Press. 2025. Paper. NEW. $22.00