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Sara Frost's unsuccessful search for the lost love letters of Charlotte Brontë hasn't won her any favors at her university, particularly now that the glamorous and self-promoting Princess Diana scholar, Claire Vigee, has introduced her media savvy exploits to the staid halls of academia. But it's not until Sara's fiancé suddenly leaves that she begins to question her vocation and is forced to reconcile the mythology of romance with the reality of modern love. Sara's jolt brings her to an unusual new world, one populated by the cheerfully amoral Frenchman Denis, a pair of New York eccentrics who pretend to live in the 19th century, a lapsed methadone addict and screenwriter and a Hollywood producer who mistakenly assumes that the short, sad life of Charlotte Brontë has the makings of the next "feel good" movie blockbuster. Along the way, Sara discovers that the life and writings of Charlotte Brontë may teach her more than she ever guessed about the virtues of being a romantic with the heart of a pragmatist. The Brontë Project is an irreverent and comic look at love, loss, literature, pop culture, and the mysterious biographical similarities between Charlotte Brontë and Princess Diana. It's a delightful novel about finding one's way in the all-too-real world of love.
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- Published on: 2015-10-26
- Released on: 2015-10-26
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The Brontë Project, by Jennifer Vandever From Publishers Weekly Vandever's irreverent debut novel dips into Victorian letters for inspiration, dredging up romantic angst to frame and foil a love story set in the age of new media. Sara Frost, a timid Charlotte Brontë scholar at a fictionalized New York university, is dragging her feet on both her engagement and her thesis, rooting around for Charlotte's vanished letters of unrequited love. The staid campus is roiled with the arrival of self-aggrandizing, firebrand Princess Diana scholar Claire Vigee. Sara's restive fiancé Paul, ignited by Claire's exhortations, bids her adieu and heads for Paris. Knocked off balance, Sara finds salvation in New Age narcissist Byrne Eammons, a film producer, who angles to spice up Charlotte's story for modern moviegoers. Drawn to Los Angeles and then Europe, Sara slowly finds her voice—determined not to suffer the fate of the "silent Victorian" she studies. Vandever, a screenwriter, sends up the pretensions of academia and the frippery of "infotainment," with its fast and loose readings of history. As Victorian romance runs up against pop psychology and banal reality, currents of love and longing unite past and present, but Vandever leavens Sara's self-discovery with liberal comic relief in this wickedly clever novel. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From School Library Journal Adult/High School–Sara Frost's life is not exciting, but she is happy with her research into Charlotte Brontë, her teaching assistantships, and her engagement to Paul. That predictability ends when vibrant and brash Claire Vigee joins the faculty of the English department. Suddenly, Paul is off to Europe, unsure of whether he wants the staid life that marriage seems to offer, and Sara is left picking up the pieces of her tattered romantic life. When Claire, bestselling author and self-proclaimed expert on Princess Diana, takes it upon herself to broaden Sara's horizons, Sara meets a slew of quirky characters. From the Hollywood film producer who is enamored with the idea of an upbeat Charlotte Brontë movie to eccentric Mr. Burke and Mr. Ives, who refuse to admit that the 19th century has ended, the young woman finds herself swept into a glossy world of hype and self-promotion. This first novel is a sometimes-sardonic, always-witty look at where scholarship ends and entertainment begins. Vandever's characterization is perceptive and the plot has twists and turns that will engage readers. The inclusion of excerpts from the writer's letters at the beginning of each chapter nicely parallels Sara's story, and the author cleverly weaves enough Brontë history into the plot to give readers a deep appreciation of the life of that literary family. The afterword gives pertinent information for those who seek to delve further.–Kim Dare, Fairfax County Public Library System, VA Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
From Booklist Sara Frost, a young Bronte scholar, is feeling terribly out of touch. Her seemingly stable fiance, Paul, has just left her to head to France and follow his dream. Sara's own research into the letters of Charlotte Bronte is looking a lot less glamorous to her department than the Princess Diana studies her flamboyant colleague Claire Vigee is pursuing. Claire is pushing Sara to participate in a symposium with her, comparing the lives of Diana and Charlotte. Charismatic movie producer Byrne Emmons wants to turn the lives of the Brontes into a major motion picture, and he's hoping Sara can help provide him with the happy ending the Brontes' real life story never had. Sara finds herself drawn to Claire's half-brother, Denis--who is working on a constantly evolving poem that he refuses to put to paper--and Mr. Emmons, who offers Sara a fresh start. Though Sara is at times frustratingly passive, Vandever paints a convincing portrait of a woman whose interests are somewhat out of synch with the modern world. Kristine HuntleyCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. A clever take on the theme of a young woman in search of her life By Bookreporter Sara Frost is a lowly adjunct at an unnamed New York university. Her thoroughly unfashionable research centers on the lost letters of Victorian novelist Charlotte Brontë, a subject dear to Sara's heart that carries little weight among the powers in charge of renewing her fellowship. Sara's fiance Paul is also a literary scholar, but his research centers on masculine authors like George Orwell.Into Paul and Sara's life tumbles media darling Claire Vigee, recipient of a teaching fellowship at the university, editor of a provocative feminist journal, author of two successful books (one of which features a nude photo of its author), and pioneer in the field of Diana (as in the Princess of Wales) studies. Claire is everything Sara is not --- loud, brash, successful, sexy --- and she successfully engineers Paul's questioning of his stable relationship with Sara and his departure for France, where he is soon dating a swimsuit model with a Fulbright fellowship.Sara's not sure how she feels about being left behind while Paul pursues his passion, but she doesn't have to wonder for long. An accidental meeting with Hollywood producer Byrne Emmons thrusts Sara into a whirlwind of yoga classes, facials, script meetings, temperamental actresses --- and a thoroughly L.A. relationship with Mr. Emmons himself. It turns out that Hollywood might be interested in a film about Charlotte Brontë's life, but when Sara is hired as a consultant she's hesitant about compromising her scholarly ideals for a good story. What's more, her relationship with Byrne might satisfy her romantic fantasies, but it still leaves her feeling empty inside.Filled with eccentric characters, including Claire's bohemian brother Denis and two men who permanently reenact nineteenth-century life, chamber pots and all, THE BRONTË PROJECT is a clever take on the theme of a young woman in search of her life. It's true that the novel, with its sendup of academic crises and politics, will have the most appeal for readers with more than a passing knowledge of literary politics in general and of the Brontë sisters in particular, but that is not to say that other readers can't appreciate Sara's quest for herself. Although Claire's scholarly interest in Diana is mostly tongue-in-cheek, the actual parallels between Diana's life and Brontë's are striking indeed, and its commentaries on women's lives past and present may make this a good choice for book discussion groups. --- Reviewed by Norah Piehl
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. reads like a Dorothy Parker biography By mamareadssomuch Really good plot for a novel which borders on chick-lit but has much more depth to it. Sara Frost is a Bronte-expert (lots of interesting tidbits about the Bronte family in book too) whose fiance, Paul (the loser) leaves her to find himself in Paris for a year. In the meanwhile, Sara goes in search of lost Bronte letters and travels herself, in literary circles. I kept being reminded of Dorothy Parker's life of pen as well.This novel flows and makes the reader want more literature for the soul by the end. Super debut!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. A sharp-witted, lighthearted debut By Lynn Harnett Fans of the Brontes and those who like their chick lit satirical will enjoy screenwriter Vandever's debut, a good-natured spoof of academia, celebrity, Hollywood, and romance.The novel opens at a fateful academic party, where Bronte scholar Sara Frost and her fiancée Paul are sipping cheap merlot and eyeing the door. Sara's position at a New York university is foundering on the dwindling prospects of her beloved research project - a search for the lost letters of Charlotte Bronte.The party perks up when the faculty's newest addition, celebrity author Claire Vigee sweeps through the door. Claire, a Princess Di expert, "was like the anti-Sara....Sara favored the practical and the classic in clothing and colors that, as her mother liked to point out, occurred naturally in bruises - blacks, grays, and blues - while Claire went for the blatantly trendy and expensive. On Claire even black looked red."Sara hates Claire and has ever since she mistakenly appeared on a controversy-seeking panel Claire organized and was dubbed "the silent Victorian," for her dignified reticence. Her enmity only increases when she spies Claire flirting outrageously (the only way she does anything) with Paul."Sara had fallen in love with Paul when she was very young. It was difficult, too. Hearts had to be broken for their love to be satisfied. They had been together for six years - most of that living together - and now were going to be married during the winter break, all of which ignored superstition and certain Bronte admonitions regarding (1) living together, (2) long engagements, (3) winter marriages, and (4) falling in love before the wedding, certainly before a half year of marriage."Needless to say, Paul had, at first sight, reminded her of Heathcliff, or, rather, of a young Laurence Olivier playing Heathcliff.While Paul is lapping up Claire's exhortations to live a little, Sara, feeling ill, is rescued by a handsome young film producer who seems to know her from somewhere and expresses interest in her Bronte project. A fateful encounter.That very night, Paul declares his intentions to take up the Paris fellowship he had postponed in order to stay in New York with Sara. Then, much worse, he expresses doubts about their upcoming marriage, and asks for a year to find "some certainty."Devastated, Claire begins to take stock of her life. The daughter of two therapists, she'd been deliciously shattered by the Brontes upon discovering "Wuthering Heights" at age nine. Her parents had done their best to relieve her:" `Now, how could Cathy and Heathcliff resolve this problem by communicating their feelings before it leads to a fatality? What about the ending disturbs you? How could you change that: Could Heathcliff have worn a warmer coat? How about Cathy paying more attention to her health?' They didn't get it. Sara didn't want them to be cured, she wanted to wallow in the awful morbidity of it all - she'd never felt so alive."Now, however, she takes stock. It was clear that literature had ruined her life. She's been obsessed with people who never dated, and died young. Charlotte, after years of unrequited love, marries and is dead six months later. Perhaps, Sara thinks, she should take up with the film producer.Which she does, of course, and, naturally, is soon altering the facts of Charlotte Bronte's life to suit the Hollywood model. She also grows more assertive in her encounters with Claire who is trying to organize a panel discussion of Princess Di and Charlotte Bronte, modern and Victorian sensibilities, romantic heroines, and castration complexes. The novel moves from New York to Los Angeles to Italy to Paris as Sara finds herself and her voice.Claire, deliberately over-the-top, fashionably controversial, outrageously narcissistic, is almost too much, especially at first, before Vandever settles into the character and makes her something more than a cartoon foil for Sara's dry, despairing wit. Sara's humor saves her from succumbing to the gloom and brooding of the character she's carved out for herself. The plot is about what you'd expect, contrived to fit the satire, and mostly satisfying.Each chapter opens with a relevant quote from one of Charlotte's letters, a perfect touch. Vandever's writing sparkles and sparks. A funny, lively first novel with a heroine who grows up and finds a balance between romance and reality.--Portsmouth Herald
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