Kitty and Mary
The Forgotten Bennet Sisters
Binding: Hardcover
Imprint: Andersen Press
Age 12+
Romance & Relationships Stories Historical Fiction Family & Home Stories
Elizabeth married Mr Darcy; Jane married Mr Bingley; Lydia married Mr Wickham. But what happened to the forgotten Bennet sisters?
Six months after Pride and Prejudice, Mary is stuck at home with her parents. So, when an opportunity arises that will take her to far away India, Mary jumps at the chance for independence and adventure.
Meanwhile, Kitty has been flitting between the estates of her sisters, searching for a suitable husband at every ball and dinner. When Mary sets off to India, Kitty’s disappointment at returning home is tempered by the revelation that a new tenant has come to Netherfield Park – handsome poet Mr Whittaker. He seems like the perfect husband for Kitty, but will he end up being everything she hoped?
Through letters and journals we learn to understand and love the forgotten Bennet sisters.
Creators
Julia Gray is a writer and singer-songwriter. She studied Classics at UCL and has a diploma in Children's Literature and an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, for which she received the Sophie Warne Fellowship. She has released three albums with the trip-hop/jazz collective Second Person, and more recently two solo albums, I Am Not The Night and Robber Bride.
Imogen Russell Williams is a children's book critic, writer and freelance editor. She has reviewed and written on trends in children's and Young Adult publishing for the Times Literary Supplement, the Guardian and the Metro. Imogen has published several non-fiction titles for children and is working on her second poetry collection for adults.
Reviews
Delightful novel…this is a super-lead title for Andersen Press, which is publishing this gift edition to coincide with the upcoming Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen’s beloved story
Bookseller UK
I absolutely adored it! … I truly believe something like this could have come from Austen herself
@libraryofcharys
This was a great read to fill the TOBS-shaped hole in my heart…I really loved how it was all written in epistolary or diary entry format
@quills_and_typewriters
This reimagining of the beloved Bennet sisters’ story sounds absolutely perfect for fans of Pride and Prejudice and historical fiction
@booksandsofa
