From the author of the Sunday Times bestselling Miss Austen, comes a wonderfully original, emotionally complex novel. Set in 1804, the novel follows Anne Sharp, a governess who became close to Jane Austen and her family. When Mr Edward Austen’s family comes to stay at Godmersham Park, Anne forms an immediate attachment to Jane. The story of Anne Sharp is more akin to an Austen novel and Gill Hornby takes us on a journey which explores the life of the young governess who is not quite servant and not quite family.