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gabbyenoaktown 's review for:
Longbourn
by Jo Baker
I enjoyed it differently than I expected. It's not an ode to Austen or a continuation of her story, as I read it. Rather, Austen provided an idea and off it went.
I enjoyed the downstairs world. Sarah was an interesting counterpoint to Elizabeth Bennet who has a comparatively comfortable place albeit uncertain (ribbons and cake to lye and a shared bed) because they are both looking out and about at what is, what could be.
Other readers have commented on the menstruations, the slop pots ... These inclusions didn't bother me. She had to clean them, someone did. Why pretend otherwise?
Don't bother if you're looking for Austen. Jo Baker didn't pretend to be her and she's not in this book.
I enjoyed the downstairs world. Sarah was an interesting counterpoint to Elizabeth Bennet who has a comparatively comfortable place albeit uncertain (ribbons and cake to lye and a shared bed) because they are both looking out and about at what is, what could be.
Other readers have commented on the menstruations, the slop pots ... These inclusions didn't bother me. She had to clean them, someone did. Why pretend otherwise?
Don't bother if you're looking for Austen. Jo Baker didn't pretend to be her and she's not in this book.