The century-old Gentlewoman?s Guide to Love and Courtship is no ordinary book club choice. But for the little book club in Smitten, Vermont, it might be their best pick yet!
The thick, leathery tome Heather pulled out of the dusty
cardboard box was definitely coming home with her. Not only
was The Gentlewoman’s Guide to Love and Courtship
an appealing curiosity by virtue of its title; it was also
written by Smitten, Vermont native Pearl Chambers, a local
gentlewoman from three generations back.
Little did
Heather know the repercussions this little curiosity would
have on her and her friends’ romantic exploits.
When
Heather and her fellow book club members begin passing the
book around, their respective interpretations are unleashed
on their respective love lives . . . for better or for
worse. Is it a mystery? An idealist fantasy? An intimation
of Jane Austen? As romantic love finds its way to each
woman, the Guide proves itself both surprisingly
prescient and hilariously irrelevant.
What’s more, a
handwritten inscription indicates that the arcane book might
hold the only extant clues leading to buried gold—exactly
what one of the members needs to keep her house. How could
they not go treasure hunting?
In this remarkable
collaborative novel, besties Colleen Coble, Kristin
Billerbeck, Denise Hunter, and Diann Hunt
tackle the tale of the Gentlewoman’s Guide
by writing for one book club member apiece. Smitten Book
Club is a hopeful, hilarious story of friendship and
healing, written by friends for friends.
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