Persuasion by Jane Austen

So I finished reading The Burnt House by Faye Kellerman and as usual, she didn't disappoint. She always writes a well-thought out book with a good plot and suspenseful story all the while, refraining from succumbing to the expected tidy endings. Her characters are "real" people with real lives. Characters that don't always do and say the right things. She has great dialogue and includes the "mundane" conversations between her recurring characters that make them seem like people you know or at least would want to know. A definite recommendation.

So now I'm reading Persuasion by Jane Austen. For Christmas Mom got me a 1st edition Sense and Sensibly and it reminded me that I had Persuasion and had never gotten around to reading it. I'm only on chapter 3 but it's the type of novel, written in 1816ish that reminds you how uncouth you are. The English dialogue and manners make me feel, just sitting there as though I'm lacking somehow. It's all so proper and right and yet romantic and wistful. The premise of the book is: It's never too late for true love. I look forward to reading it and I think that PBS even has a production of it soon to be airing.