Natalie Jenner
Auteur van The Jane Austen Society
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- 1968
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- Canada
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- England, UK
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- Canada
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- Natalie was born in England and emigrated to Canada as a young child. She obtained her B.A. from the University of Toronto’s St. Michael’s College where she was the 1990 Gold Medalist in English Literature, her LL.B. from the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Law, and was Called to the Bar of Ontario in 1995. In addition to a brief career as a corporate lawyer, Natalie has worked as a recruiter, career coach, and consultant to leading law firms in Canada for over twenty years.
Natalie also once founded Archetype Books, an independent bookstore in Oakville, Ontario, where she continues to reside with her family and two rescue dogs.
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The Jane Austen Society: A Novel door Natalie Jenner
This book is about grief and loss, how purpose can heal the wounds that life bring, and of course, how books can help us cope. Yet in the end, real human relationships are the key to a satisfying life.
The Jane Austen Society series just keeps getting better and better with each new entry. This one follows a secondary character from the previous book into completely new territory, the post WWII Italian movie industry. While I did miss the Chawton and Bloomsbury Books crew at first, it didn’t take long until I was drawn into the goings‑on at the Cinecittà film studio and the surrounding city of Rome. This has a backstory that ties it to the Italian resistance movement during the war and it continues another war related matter from England that I hope to read more of in next book.
My thanks to Goodreads Giveaways and the publisher for an advance copy to review.… (meer)
My thanks to Goodreads Giveaways and the publisher for an advance copy to review.… (meer)
Vivian is a screen writer in London when she decides to travel to Rome Italy to escape the harsh criticism from her latest one woman play. It is 1955 in the post WWII years and Vivian takes a job as a script doctor in the bustling new movie making machine in Rome’s Cinecitta Studios. Here she meets many up and coming actors and it was fun hearing the names dropped of such actors like Sophia Loren. But Vivian also has another very personal reason for her trip to Italy. It is where her fiancé disappeared and was presumed dead during the war. She still has a smidgeon of hope that he might be alive and she goes looking for him. In the midst of her search trying to mend her broken heart she meets many interesting people, most are scarred by the recent war and as she opens herself up to what really happened in Italy she begins to finally heal. This was a sad yet moving novel that I enjoyed very much. The information regarding the power the Vatican had over movie scripts and what was allowed to be filmed was quite and eye opener for me, the church controlled everything. Highly recommended.
Many thanks to Net Galley and Macmillan Audio for a chance to read/listen to the audio version of this ARC audiobook.… (meer)
Many thanks to Net Galley and Macmillan Audio for a chance to read/listen to the audio version of this ARC audiobook.… (meer)
War changes so much in people, not just those who are directly involved. In either case, there are losses. Many of these take years and some are never reconciled. Vivian, a young English woman, is trying to make peace with the past and the loss of her beloved fiancee and follows his trail to Italy where he was captured, reported missing, and ultimately dead. She is also dealing her unsuccessful career in play writing. In Italy she attempts to remake her life by getting involved in film making and rewriting scripts. Her path crosses some famous people and she seems to be enjoying her gay life style, but she is not able to get over the anger of her losses.
There is a second story running through this plot of a young Italian girl who works with the resistance as an assassin against the Nazis. As the two stories merge through their shared characters, things really begin to get interesting.
Making peace with the past sometimes means letting go of losses and guilt and understanding where ones strength and hope lies. The author does a wonderful job of building this story in each of the characters who seem to come alive on the pages.
This is a lovely and well written story of hope and life in the aftermath of loss. I think it would be a good read for nearly anyone who appreciates historical fiction.
Although I have not read the author's previous books with some of these characters, I do plan to remedy that soon. My thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this title.… (meer)
There is a second story running through this plot of a young Italian girl who works with the resistance as an assassin against the Nazis. As the two stories merge through their shared characters, things really begin to get interesting.
Making peace with the past sometimes means letting go of losses and guilt and understanding where ones strength and hope lies. The author does a wonderful job of building this story in each of the characters who seem to come alive on the pages.
This is a lovely and well written story of hope and life in the aftermath of loss. I think it would be a good read for nearly anyone who appreciates historical fiction.
Although I have not read the author's previous books with some of these characters, I do plan to remedy that soon. My thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review this title.… (meer)
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