Miss Austen - Gill Hornby

This is the story of Cassandra Austen, Jane Austens older sister who years after the authors death goes to a family home to try and retrieve some of the family letters.  Afraid that they may be published, putting a bad spin on the family story, we get to hear about the girls earlier lives and their romances. 

It is always interesting to think about how a womans life at the time was determined by the men of the family, and how there was little security for those who were unmarried or poor and their destiny was at the whim of fathers and brothers.  4/5