Rebecca Smith Reihenfolge der Bücher (Chronologisch)

A brilliant and heart-warming story about the power of imagination and the special bond between grandparent and grandchild.

‘Eye-opening and persuasive’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Brilliant … I loved it’ KIT DE WAAL ‘Thoughtful, moving, honest’ CAL FLYN

An empowering and powerful picture book, published in association with The Little Princess Trust.

Winning and beguiling ... Smith shares Jane Austen's clarity and gentle irony Independent

Was Jane Austen heute tun würde, beantworten Zitate aus ihren Romanen in diesem fantastischen Führer auf amüsante und charmante Weise. Der Traummann ist schüchtern, das erste Date komplett verpatzt und die beste Freundin tief gekränkt: Klingt vertraut? Das sind nur einige der immerwährenden Probleme, mit denen wir uns ständig herumplagen. Nicht viel hat sich seit den Tagen der berühmten Autorin geändert. Ihr Witz, ihre Lebensklugheit und ihre Romanfiguren sind mit Sicherheit die besten Helfer, um sich im (Liebes-)Leben zurechtzufinden. Rebecca Smith hat in ihrem liebevoll illustrierten Buch wundervolle Ratschläge für ein glückliches und erfolgreiches Leben im 21. Jh. zusammengestellt. In Fragen und Antworten gibt sie gemeinsam mit Jane Austen Tipps für Freunde & Familie, Liebe & Beziehung, Heim & Garten, Beruf & Karriere, Mode & Stil, Freizeit & Reisen. Zitat-Boxen lassen Mr. Darcy und all die anderen persönlich zu Wort kommen. Verspielte Zeichnungen erinnern an typische Szenen aus den beliebten Roman wie ›Emma‹, ›Mansfield Park‹ oder ›Stolz und Vorurteil‹.

Susannah Misselthwaite was gazing up at the brightness of the blue sky when the deer leapt in front of the car. She never knew what happened. Her husband Guy, Professor of Botany, hides from his grief in his greenhouse - without Susannah, everything is lost. Meanwhile, little Felix pores over photographs of his mother who is slipping from his memory more each day. Happiest sitting in the branches of a tree in the university's botanical garden, away from the emptiness of home, he presides over the dreams and dramas of those who pass beneath him. Teachers and students, young and old, happy, sad, or filled with longing, all find sanctuary and space for contemplation in this few square feet of soil.

Posy has always dreamt of being the heroine of a Francoise Sagan novel. But life seems to have her passed by and now here she is, a stressed-out mother of four. Although she's married to a man called Parouselli who comes from a long line of trapeze artists and they live in a large, romantic house, it's not quite as magical as it sounds. Frank's dream of being a musician is a reality of distributing BettaKleen catalogues, the house is falling to bits and there are slugs living under the bath. Posy wonders how everyone else manages. Struggling through the mess of family life, she dreams of being a member of The Thin Legs Club, with an immaculate house, children who don't get ill, and a human Renault Espace of a husband. If only!