At a glance
A Walk with Jane Austen: A Journey into Adventure, Love, and Faith
Christian romance
A Walk with Jane Austen: A Journey into Adventure, Love, and Faith
256 pages · First published 2007
Lori Smith travels through England visiting places associated with Jane Austen while reflecting on her own faith, hopes for marriage, illness, and uncertainty about the future. Literary pilgrimage becomes personal pilgrimage as Austen’s novels and surviving landscapes prompt questions about vocation, love, disappointment, and God. The book mixes travel narrative, memoir, literary appreciation, and Christian reflection rather than offering a conventional biography of Austen. Readers interested in both Austen and spiritual memoir receive a deliberately personal account of what it means to walk through an admired author’s world while examining one’s own.
Paired for this story
Jump to the pours ↓Bush Tea with Honey + Nevermore Nightcap
Choose your bookseller
Find the Book
Print retailers offer a search when an exact edition is unavailable. Kindle links open a specific edition. Audiobook links may open an edition or a search.
Affiliate disclosure: As an Amazon Associate, Book Bartender earns from qualifying purchases. Bookshop.org links also earn us a commission on qualifying purchases. Your price is not affected. Read the full affiliate disclosure.
No surprises at chapter twelve
Content notes
Mild romantic content, including kissing
Alcohol-Free Pour
Bush Tea with Honey
A fragrant cup of tea suits romantic anticipation and a little escapism.
What you'll need
As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases.How to mix it
- Steep the tea and any herbs or whole spices in hot water according to the tea type, then strain. Stir in sweetener and juices. Serve hot.
- Garnish: Citrus peel, herb, or fruit from the recipe, if applicable.
- Glassware: Mug.
Shop glassware & tools
We earn a commission from qualifying purchases through these Amazon links, at no extra cost to you.
Mug ↗Cocktail Pour · 21+
Nevermore Nightcap
For adults of legal drinking age. Please drink responsibly.
A warming pour with a sharp edge suits romantic anticipation and a little escapism.
What you'll need
- 2 oz bourbon
- 1/2 oz black cherry juice ↗
- 2 dashes aromatic bitters
- Ice
Shop the spirits 21+Search Total Wine for Bourbon · 21+ ↗
How to mix it
- Stir bourbon, black cherry juice, and bitters with ice. Strain over one large ice cube.
- Garnish: Orange peel.
- Glassware: Rocks glass.
Shop glassware & tools
We earn a commission from qualifying purchases through these Amazon links, at no extra cost to you.
Rocks glass ↗Set up the bar cart
Shop the Barware
Find the glasses and tools for your next pour.