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Putnam, May 2001, 24.95, 321 pp. ISBN: 0399147500 In 1890 San Francisco, forty-year old spinster Lizzie Hayes, daughter of a wealthy man, has made few friends even though she belongs to two churches and has been a member of the Ladies Relief Home for a decade. Her father is outraged by Lizzie's rejection of every male he dumps on her. Though independent and feisty within the taut rules of high society, overall Lizzie remains the obedient ch... The Jane Austen Book Club Jocelyn, a dog-breader, and matchmaker, starts a six-member book club devoted to Jane Austen. Bernadette, is the eccentric and oldest member, age sixty-seven. Sylvia is a friend of Jocelyn whose husband has left her. Allegra is the lesbian daughter of Sylvia, and recently single. Prudie is the youngest, and a real fan of "Emma". Grigg is the only man and, oddly, a science fiction fan. Each session approaches one of Austen's novels, together with a chun...
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