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Highly engaging. . . . Lori consults Jane Austen's novels and letters and allows the author's sparkling wit, straight moral compass, and wise words to guide us in the 21st century. At times I could almost hear Jane speaking directly to me. <br>--Vic Sanborn, Jane Austen's World blog Praise for Lori Smith's A Walk with Jane Austen A lovely, intimate read. <br>-Karen Joy Fowler, best-selling author of The Jane Austen Book Club <br> Lyrical and questioning...perfectly pitched. <br>-Emma Campbell Webster, actress, author of Lost in Austen, and founder of lostinaustenblogspot.com<br><br> With wit, charm, and rare honesty-of which I have to believe Jane Austen would have thoroughly approved-Lori Smith weaves her personal life experiences throughout her journey into the life that was Jane's. Infused with faith, romance, loss, and a search for self, A Walk with Jane Austen makes for that rare book that keeps popping into one's thoughts and beckoning one back. <br>-Tamara Leigh, author of Perfecting Kate and Splitting Harriet <br><br>

Jane Austen has been my life coach since I first discovered Pride and Prejudice thirty years ago. After reading Lori Smith's lovely The Jane Austen Guide to Life, <br>I now understand why. Part Austen biography, how-to-guide, and all heart, this engaging book will sensibly explain the mysteries of relationships, life, <br>and love that Jane Austen so excelled in on the page and in her own life. <br>--Laurel Ann Nattress, editor, Jane Austen Made Me Do It and Austenprose.com Highly engaging. . . . Lori consults Jane Austen's novels and letters and allows the author's sparkling wit, straight moral compass, and wise words to guide us in the 21st century. At times I could almost hear Jane speaking directly to me. <br>--Vic Sanborn, Jane Austen's World blog Praise for Lori Smith's A Walk with Jane Austen A lovely, intimate read. <br>-Karen Joy Fowler, best-selling author of The Jane Austen Book Club Lyrical and questioning...perfectly pitched. <br>-Emma Campbell Webster, actress, author of Lost in Austen, and founder of lostinaustenblogspot.com<br><br> With wit, charm, and rare honesty-of which I have to believe Jane Austen would have thoroughly approved-Lori Smith weaves her personal life experiences throughout her journey into the life that was Jane's. Infused with faith, romance, loss, and a search for self, A Walk with Jane Austen makes for that rare book that keeps popping into one's thoughts and beckoning one back. <br>-Tamara Leigh, author of Perfecting Kate and Splitting Harriet <br><br>

Praise for Lori Smith's A Walk with Jane Austen A lovely, intimate read. <br>-Karen Joy Fowler, best-selling author of The Jane Austen Book Club <br> Lyrical and questioning...perfectly pitched. <br>-Emma Campbell Webster, actress, author of Lost in Austen, and founder of lostinaustenblogspot.com<br><br> With wit, charm, and rare honesty-of which I have to believe Jane Austen would have thoroughly approved-Lori Smith weaves her personal life experiences throughout her journey into the life that was Jane's. Infused with faith, romance, loss, and a search for self, A Walk with Jane Austen makes for that rare book that keeps popping into one's thoughts and beckoning one back. <br>-Tamara Leigh, author of Perfecting Kate and Splitting Harriet <br><br>

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Lori Smith is an adorer of Jane Austen and a member of the Jane Austen Society of North America. She feels connections to Austen on many levels—as a writer, a single woman, an Anglican, and as someone struggling with a mysterious chronic illness. She is the author of A Walk with Jane Austen, which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Smith's writing has also appeared in Washington Post Book World, Publishers Weekly, Beliefnet.com, Skirt! and Today's Christian Woman. Lori lives in Northern Virginia with her sweet but stubborn English lab, Bess. Visit her online at www.writerlorismith.com or at the Jane Austen Quotes blog, www.austenquotes.com.

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