The eBook for Jane Austen’s Guide to Life is just $1.99 through Wednesday, May 7th! Thrilled about this, wanted to let you know. Kindle, Nook, and Kobo versions are available at the discounted price. (And the cover you see here is from the recently-released paperback edition!) Here’s what BookBub had to say: Ask yourself: What…
I’ll be discussing the book and signing copies this Thursday at 12:30 PM at the Barnes & Noble in downtown DC, just a block from Metro Center. Come by to listen to a reading, to chat about Jane, or pick up a signed copy for yourself or friends. Hope you can make it! We’ll also…
So excited to share this with you! Here we have all of Jane Austen’s good-sense advice from The Jane Austen Guide to Life: Thoughtful Lessons for the Modern Woman collected in one place, in a beautiful 8.5 x 11 poster that you can print for free. Click on the image above to download the PDF…
Shelly Dixon is hosting a giveaway on her blog, AtticGirl.com. Lots of great stuff there for moms! Eight more days to enter the giveaway. She posted a sweet review as well: Lori has a gift with words; reading them is like sitting down and having a conversation with your best friend. (read more) And allowed…
World Magazine published a short review of The Jane Austen Guide to Life this week. The article is subscribers-only, but I don’t think they’ll mind if I reprint the review here: Lori Smith knows her Jane Austen. She draws from Austen’s fictional characters, as well as from personal letters and prayers, insights into the human…
Nice review posted at Crosswalk.com yesterday: This book may be short, but it’s brimming with charming philosophy, poignant words of advice and witty guidance from an old friend. Smith speaks sister-to-sister, and it’s her enchanting way of communicating that makes her a trusted companion, alongside Austen. She draws examples from Austen’s life—one of solitude and…
Crosswalk.com featured The Jane Austen Guide to Life today, with a summary of many of the life lessons from the book: Many modern women enjoy the classic romance novels written by English author Jane Austen in the 19th century, because Austen’s astute understanding of human nature have imbued her stories with a timeless appeal. Austen,…
Two big events this week — first, a book signing at the beautiful Le Village Marche in Shirlington for Girls Night Out on Thursday night. Sweets, bubbly, a jewelry show… you have to come! Then, a great Book Fair with the DC Chapter of the Jane Austen Society this Saturday from 1-4 at Walt Whitman…
Featured today in an article on Time.com about the recent group of Austen advice books: Jane on the Brain: Austen Advice-Book Trend Peaks For Lori Smith, whose Guide to Life is her second Austen-related book, it boils down to women’s desire to find a role model who is the opposite of those presented by reality-television…
As part of the blog tour, today I wanted to share a little excerpt with you. There are so many parts of The Jane Austen Guide to Life that I’d like to post, but this is one of my favorites–a few bits from the chapter on Finding Joy and Laughter. Enjoy! Finding Joy and Laughter…