Gill Hornby
1) The hive
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Follows the social lives and playground politics of a group of mothers of students at St. Ambrose who compete for everything and exist in a world of catty, cliquey power plays that rival their children's experiences in school.
2) Miss Austen
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
""A deeply imagined and deeply moving novel. Reading it made me happy and weepy in equally copious amounts." -Karen Joy Fowler For fans of Jo Baker's Longbourn, a witty, poignant novel about Cassandra Austen and her famous sister, Jane. Whoever looked at an elderly lady and saw the young heroine she once was? England, 1840. For the two decades following the death of her beloved sister, Jane, Cassandra Austen has lived alone, spending her days visiting...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Four strangers in the midst of difficult life transitions find friendship, purpose, and perfect pitch in in this heartfelt comic novel. In the small English village of St. Ambrose, the members of the Bridgeford Community Choir have little in common. But when their singing coach dies unexpectedly before a big contest, the motley group must join forces and voices in pursuit of an impossible-seeming goal. Featuring an eclectic cast of characters including...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A richly imagined novel inspired by the true story of Anne Sharp, a governess who became very close with Jane Austen and her family.
On January 21, 1804, Anne Sharpe arrives at Godmersham Park in Kent to take up the position of governess. At thirty-one years old, she has no previous experience of either teaching or fine country houses. Her mother has died, and she has nowhere else to go. Anne is left with no choice. For her new charge-twelve-year-old...