The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler

Author:Karen Joy Fowler
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Penguin Group US

The phone rang and Grigg went to get it. “Bianca,” we heard. There was genuine pleasure in his voice, but not that kind of pleasure. Just a friend, we thought. “Can I call you back? My Jane Austen book club is here.”

But we told him to take the call. We were done with our discussion and could let ourselves out. We carried our plates and our glasses to the kitchen, said good-bye to the cat and tiptoed away. Grigg was talking about his mother as we left; apparently she had a birthday coming up. Not a friend, then, we thought, but a sister.

After we’d gone, Grigg talked to Bianca about us. “I think they like me. They do give me a hard time. They just found out tonight that I read science fiction. That didn’t go over well.”

“I could come up,” Bianca offered. “I’m not scared of Jane Austen–reading women. And nobody picks on my little brother.”

“Except you. And Amelia. And Cat.”

“Were we so awful?” Bianca asked.

“No,” Grigg said. “You weren’t.”

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