T.R.U.E. Inspiration Courtesy of Cheryl Mendelson

Having finished Cheryl Mendelson’s Anything for Jane, my appetite was whetted for more, especially since I discovered that the book was part of a trilogy, which I was reading out of order. I read the first book in the trilogy, Morningside Heights then went to the third book, Anything for Jane, and I am now reading the second book, Love, Work, Children. I can’t help but continue my comparison of Mendelson’s trilogy to Jane Austen. Both authors do a wonderful job of embedding their narratives in a specific location that seems at once familiar and idyllic, as though the very nature of the environment imbues virtues upon its inhabitants. Mendelson and Austen’s works are both relationship-centric with particular respect to family circles within an upper class community and the art of courtship between marriage-hungry singles. Finally, both authors are genius at