My Mother's Lover and Other Stories is a collection of fourteen stories about people who suffer from curious ailments: of a poet whose writing is seen to be an ailment by her family; an insomniac's experience with sleep therapy; a woman's obsession with getting rid of plastic; a woman in Darjeeling
A Fine Stout Love and Other Stories
β Scribed by Beyea, Renee
- Publisher
- Oakham Press
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 110 KB
- Series
- Pride & Prejudice Petite Tales 1
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1944224025
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β¦ Synopsis
"Discover what happens when Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy meet fancy and fantasy in this novella-length ensemble of Regency stories.What if two inexplicable trails of words led to the Meryton churchyard on the same blustery morning?What if Darcy stumbled across suggestive lines of verse following Elizabeth's stay at Netherfield?What if a rumored engagement so thoroughly shocked Lady Catherine that she could not interfere?What if Elizabeth learned the last man she would ever marry was the only man she could marry?What if every Bennet family member read the love poem Darcy intended only for his bride?With all the intimacy and lyricism of a chamber concert, these five whimsical shorts will inspire the heart, prompt a smile, and entice readers to many happy returns"--Cover, page 4.
β¦ Subjects
Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
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