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Explores Austens adage that general incivility is at loves essence. Sylvias husband dumps her for another woman, so Bernadette and Jocelyn organize a book club to distract her. They recruit Sylvias daughter Allegra; Prudie, a young teacher whose marriage may be on the rocks; and Grigg, a sci-fi fan who joins out of attraction to Jocelyn. The six read and discuss one Austen novel per month. Jocelyn tries to interest Grigg in Sylvia; Allegra falls in love with a woman she meets skydiving; Prudie contemplates an affair with a student; Sylvias ex keeps popping up. In the discussions, characters reveal themselves in their comments. By the end, are truths universally acknowledged?
In California, the favorite dog of the lonely Jocelyn dies and she meets her best friends in the funeral: the six times divorced Bernadette; the housewife Sylvia and her lesbian daughter Allegra; and the young French teacher Prudie, whose mother is a dysfunctional woman. When Sylvias husband Daniel dumps her for a younger woman, Bernadette and Jocelyn organize a reading club of Jane Austen to distract her with Allegra and Prudie. Meanwhile the sci-fi fan Grigg, who owns a software company and was raised with three sisters, flirts with Jocelyn and she invites him to join the club with the intention of introducing him to Sylvia. They plan to read and discuss the novels "Sense and Sensibility" (1811), "Pride and Prejudice" (1813), "Mansfield Park" (1814), "Emma (1816), "Northanger Abbey" (1818) and "Persuasion" (1818), one per month. Meanwhile, Prudies marriage with Dean is in crisis and she flirts with the student Trey. Aleggra falls in love for Corinne and tells her private life to her affair. But Jocelyn does not understand the feelings of Grigg. While reading the novels, their lives entwine with the characters of the writer, leading each one of them to find what is looking for in love.
Kathy Baker
Bernadette
Hugh Dancy
Grigg
Amy Brenneman
Sylvia
Maria Bello
Jocelyn
Emily Blunt
Prudie
Maggie Grace
Allegra
Jimmy Smits
Daniel
Ed Brigadier
Pastor
Kevin Zegers
Trey
Marc Blucas
Dean
Catherine Schreiber
Academic Woman
Ned Hosford
Waiter
Messy Stench
Girl with Dog Collar
Chris Burket
Skydive Instructor
Parisa Fitz-Henley
Corinne
Lynn Redgrave
Mama Sky
Stephanie Denise Griffin
Mediator
Myndy Crist
Lynne
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