Jane

by Marielena Zuniga

What if a present-day Jane Elliott and fictional character Jane Eyre find their lives so parallel that they are destined to help each other? And how challenging will that be for Jane Eyre, who knows nothing of how her life is unfolding, while Jane Elliott knows the entire story of Jane Eyre’s life and how the book and the story of her life ends? After a bolt of lightning strikes Jane Elliott while she is reading Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte’s love-torn character comes to life. The two eventually form a bond of friendship, helping each other on their journeys riddled with deceit and murder and a lifelong search for love and belonging.

271 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 11, 2011

About the author

Marielena Zuniga is a creative writer and journalist of more than thirty years. She has been a staff writer for newspapers and magazines and worked in public relations in corporate and nonprofit environments. For the last ten years, her writing has focused on spirituality and women's issues and her feature articles have appeared in national and international magazines. She has earned prestigious journalism awards and her inspirational writing has won numerous awards in the Writers Digest Magazine Annual Writing Competition. Her recent mystery "Loreen on the Lam: A Tennessee Mystery" draws on her Southern roots. She resides in Bucks County, PA.

Reviews

[Charlene · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked this book the best when it went off from the story of Jane Eyre, and Jane Elliot had to have interactions and conversations that could not be taken from Charlotte Bronte's novel. I found myself skipping over the many verbatim passages. Overall, I didn't feel this book really added any new layers to the original novel (in the interpretation of it) or to the idea of a modern Jane Eyre since Jane Elliot did not really stand out as a character on her own.

[Sandra · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book weaves together the stories of Jane Eyre (yes, that Jane Eyre) and present-day Jane Elliott, two women whose lives are set in vastly different times and places. The two wander in and out of one another's lives, each becoming to the other the friend and confidante she so desperately needs. If you've read Jane Eyre, you'll enjoy experiencing her story anew in Jane. If you haven't read it, you're in for a double treat as this classic story of love and redemption unfolds.