Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood (Paperback)

from ethel55

You don't have to look very far to see the similarities to Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. But that's ok, because McDonald does such a fine job at modernizing her tale, and how sisters Grace and Hallie come to terms with their new reality. Grace is the studious one, Hallie the budding drama ...

from RivkaBelle

Review originally published on my blog: AWordsWorth.blogspot.com ARC provided by publisher for review This contemp take on Sense & Sensibility throws some interesting twists into the original storyline, but I never got the feeling anything was "missing." In fact, I think McDonald did a masterful ...

from LibraryCin

Hallie and Grace are sisters. Their father has just died, so they and their mother are forced to find a new place to live, so they move to L.A. to live with family there. The overly dramatic sister Hallie wants to be an actress so it excited to be in L.A. The serious sister, Grace, has to leave t...

from nbmars

This book is a retelling of Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen, romantic fiction about the very opposite Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Elinor is governed by her head, and Marianne by her heart. In Jane Austen Goes to Hollywood, we meet Grace and Hallie Weston. Grace, 16, is a sensible ...

from ShellyPYA

When Grace and Hallie's father suddenly passes away, leaving everything to his new wife, they move with their mother to Beverly Hills and encounter a lifestyle very different from San Francisco. Grace, the mature, dependable one, suddenly finds herself pining for the sort-of crush she left behind...