Jane Austen Ruined My Life by Beth Pattillo

Goodreads
Published: February 2009
Guideposts Books

English professor Emma Douglas has always done everything just the way her minister father told her she should. Life was good until the day Emma finds her husband in bed with another woman. Suddenly, all her romantic notions, a la Jane Austen, are exposed as foolish dreams. (Source:Goodreads)

I am so glad that I read this book because I was completely unaware that Jane Austen ruined my life too! Every failed relationship, every bad day, even every argument with your parents can be blamed completely on Jane Austen and the romantic ideas that she will fill your head with!

Not really, but it was nice to have somewhere to place the blame for a few hours before I got to the final chapters :)

I l-o-v-e, LOVE, Jane Austen! I was raised to believe that Jane Austen is the sum of all wisdom. Let's face it, my cat is named after Lydia from Pride and Prejudice.. that's some deep love. While I was reading this, at about every other chapter I picked up my phone and called my mother or my sister or anyone that would listen and told them how much I hated Jane Austen in that moment and how if they would just read this then they would understand that she is a life ruiner!

Our main character, Emma, is having a rough time in life, everything is going wrong for her. A suspicious woman approaches her and starts telling her all of these tales about Jane Austen's letters that were supposed to be destroyed after her death... but they weren't!!! So Emma starts her adventures with these letters, finding out all about Jane's heartbreak that inspired one of her first novels. As Emma continues on this quest, she has a change of heart and thankfully she points you back to loving Jane Austen by the end because Jane Austen isn't really a life ruiner!