Ava Farmer is the penname of Sandy Lerner, founder of the Chawton House Library and Centre for the Study of Early English Writing in Chawton, Hampshire, England. For her work on the collection, preservation, and establishment of the Library and Study Centre, she has received five honorary PhD degrees. She is the cofounder of Cisco Systems, the founder of Urban Decay, and has received numerous awards for her philanthropic and literary contributions, including the inaugural JANE Award from the Jane Austen Society of North America, the IEEE Award for Lifetime Technical Achievement, and awards from the Feminist Press and United Animal Nations.
"In this richly encyclopedic sequel to Jane Austen's novels, Farmer
draws on the author's own lively idiom to show what kind of
novelist she might have become." --Jocelyn Harris, professor
emeritus, University of Otago
"What if Jane Austen could continue the story of Pride and
Prejudice on our own bookshelves and iPads? That's the question Ava
Farmer has asked, and answered by steeping herself in the mind,
living places, readings, and sensibility of Austen for 26 years,
then writing a sequel called Second Impressions. Each sentence is a
model of humanity and humor." --Gloria Steinem
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