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Book Review of The Family Fortune

The Family Fortune
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Helpful Score: 2


Billed as "a radiant retelling of Jane Austen's "Persuasion," this is the story of the Fortune family of Boston, which has just lost much of its fortune. Jane, however, doesn't mind as much as her sister and father, because she runs the family foundation and a literary magazine connected to it. Jane's problem is that she's 38, unmarried, and still pining for her first love, a now-famous novelist. Lots of fun twists and turns and wry social commentary. Recommended