{"product_id":"the-other-bennet-sister-9781509842049","title":"The Other Bennet Sister","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFor Jane Austen and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efans everywhere, this is Mary Bennet's story . . .\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Will delight\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003efans' -\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIndependent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'It's difficult not to race through those final pages' – Jo Baker, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLongbourn\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Jane Austen’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ePride and Prejudice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Mary is the middle of the five Bennet girls and the plainest of them all, so what hope does she have? Prim and pious, with no redeeming features, she is unloved and seemingly unlovable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Other Bennet Sister\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, though, shows another side to Mary. An introvert in a family of extroverts; a constant disappointment to her mother who values beauty above all else; fearful of her father’s sharp tongue; with little in common with her siblings – is it any wonder she turns to books for both company and guidance? And, if she finds her life lonely or lacking, that she determines to try harder at the one thing she \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ecan\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ebe: right.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne by one, her sisters marry – Jane and Lizzy for love; Lydia for some semblance of respectability – but Mary, it seems, is destined to remain single and live out her life at Longbourn, at least until her father dies and the house is bequeathed to the reviled Mr Collins.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut when that fateful day finally comes, she slowly discovers that perhaps there \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eis\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e hope for her, after all.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSimultaneously a wonderfully warm homage to Jane Austen and a delightful new story in its own right, Janice Hadlow's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Other Bennet Sister\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eis, at its heart, a life-affirming tale of a young woman finding her place in the world. Witty and uplifting, it will make you feel – and cheer – for Mary as you never have before.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42864874258638,"sku":"9781509842049","price":19.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781509842049_a.png?v=1734070530","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.live\/products\/the-other-bennet-sister-9781509842049","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}