Maybe looking for balance, maybe looking for...

Rebecca 2022-03-25 09:01:22

I haven't seen Jane's work, but I watched the movie introducing her first, which is a refreshing way to connect her works. A woman who was afraid of mutation and did not dare to fall in love, a woman who was divorced because her husband cheated, a lesbian who had a dishonest lover, a woman who had been divorced six times and finally chose to marry for the seventh time, a woman who Women who are dissatisfied with the way their husbands get along, but are happy after reading Jane's works with their husbands...and men who love science fiction works but join reading clubs that are dominated by women. Although I haven't read Jane's work, I have glimpsed her healing.

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  • Bernita 2022-01-28 08:23:36

    Austin is the healing department for women. The beginning of the movie is pretty awesome.

  • Fern 2022-03-26 09:01:13

    If you read all of Austen's books, you might enjoy this movie even more.

The Jane Austen Book Club quotes

  • Bernadette: Let us never underestimate the power of a well-written letter.

  • Daniel Avila: I was just thinking about something Allegra said at Jocelyn's the other day...so we're talking about how we all need to have connection, you know, conversation, sex, companionship, and Allegra says, "Well, you get all that from Mommy." I have to tell you, it really made me sad.

    Sylvia Avila: Aw, baby, she'll find somebody.

    Daniel Avila: No, it made me sad for us, because I've been struggling with whether a marriage can sustain all of that over, uh, over 20+ years or if it's just inevitable that after a certain amount of time-- maybe being with somebody else can have a renewing effect, because for me-- I've been seeing a woman at work. We've been together 6 months now . . . We, we can't think of this as a failure. We have had a very successful marriage. We've had a long marriage, by any standard. We got 3 wonderful kids. They're grown, they're working, they're--

    Sylvia Avila: Just open the damn door, Daniel, I need a tissue.

    Daniel Avila: The kids, that's, that's all you, you know, you made all the sacrifices, I know. But there's a logic to us quitting while we're ahead, and I think they'll be able to see that, you know?

    Sylvia Avila: I don't understand a single word of what you're saying, Daniel.