Excerpt from The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler, plus links to reviews, author biography & more

Name: The Jane Austen Book Club
Rating: 4.7 (10 reviews)
Author: Karen Joy Fowler
ISBN: 9780399151613

The Jane Austen Book Club

by Karen Joy Fowler

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Apr 1, 2004, 288 pages

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May 2005, 288 pages

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It was midnight. Her mother made a horrible to-do about it, but Jocelyn convinced her that she'd only wanted some fresh air, some exercise, the stars.

From The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler, copyright © 2004 Karen Joy Fowler, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., all rights reserved, reprinted with permission from the publisher.

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