New York: Putnam, (2003.) dj. Hardcover first edition - In California's Central Valley, five women and one man come together to discuss Jane Austen's novels. Includes a reader's guide with the responses to Austen's Mansfield Park when it was first published, notes and questions for discussion. A surprise best seller, this went quickly into later printings. Dust jacket praise from such diverse writers as Alice Sebold, Mary Doria Russell, W. S. Merwin and Sue Grafton, 288 pp. ISBN: 0-399-151613.