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Sense and Situationships

byClare Pooley

Jane Austen's Hilarious Guide to Ghosting, Courtships and Bagging Your Mr Darcy

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From soft launches to slow fades, love-bombing to ghosting, dating is proving to be as complicated as ever. Luckily Jane Austen is here to help.

In Sense and Situationships, Jane delivers hilarious, no-nonsense advice on today’s romance dilemmas—mixing timeless wit with Regency-era sass to help you navigate the world of modern dating.

Packed with quotes taken straight from Austen's pen, this book addresses 40 relatable dating challenges, each resolved in Jane's iconic voice. With humorous and insightful solutions, Sense and Situationships answers the burning question on every Janeite's mind: What would Jane do?

About Clare Pooley

Clare Pooley graduated from Newnham College, Cambridge and spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising, before becoming a full-time writer.

Clare's dark but hilarious memoir, The Sober Diaries, has helped thousands of people around the world to quit drinking.

The Authenticity Project, Clare's debut novel, was a BBC Radio 2 bookclub pick, a New York Times bestseller, the winner of the RNA debut novel award and a Babelio award. It's been translated into 29 languages.

The People on Platform 5 is Clare's second novel, inspired by her fascination with inventing stories about her fellow passengers on her commute to work.

Clare lives in Fulham, London with her husband, three children and two border terriers.
Details
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • ISBN: 9780857508706
  • Length: 96 pages
  • Dimensions: 185mm x 12mm x 116mm
  • Weight: 134g
  • Price: £9.99