The Dashwood Sisters Tell All By Beth Pattillo

Love, Laughter, Family these are things any parent would wish for their children and Caroline Dodge is no exception to this rule. So it is when she learns that she will no longer be around to guide the girls to lives full of everything she dreams of them having she spends her final days planning a guided tour of all that is Jane Austen for her two daughters Ellen and Mimi to go on and hopefully bring them closer together.

After their mother's funeral Ellen and Mimi travel to England to go on the Jane Austen tour and make the important decision of where to scatter their mother's ashes and they have to agree to the location. This could be no easy task seeing as sensible Ellen and free spirit Mimi have never quite seen eye to eye. This emotionally trying situation is not made easier by a mysterious package their mother has left them with strict instructions not to open until they arrive in England. When they arrive and open the package they are in disbelief when they find the package contains the diary of Jane Austin sister Cassandra's diary. What follows is mystery, romance and the bond between sister's.

I found this book to be very entertaining. It was an easy read but it did not take long for me to become engrossed in the intrigue of it all and I quickly began to make comparisons between Pattillo's characters and the characters in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. This book has a rich cast of characters, some lovable, some despicable and some just plain confusing but in the end this is a sweet book about sisters who are trying to find themselves, find each other and find a place to put there mother to rest all on walking tour of Jane Austen.... whats not to love?