A Gentle Touch

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>With the help of Elizabeth Bennet and Charlotte Collins Anne has learned about friendship; can she learn love?</strong></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Anne de Bourgh is now Anne Sutherland wife and mistress of Middlefinch a large estate in the south of England. She is satisfied with her choice but finds living with her new family rather alarming. James's daft old uncle leads his own strange life on the third floor emerging only to ask disconcerting questions. His mother cares only for horses and seems to disdain sickly quiet Anne. And then there is her new husband himself so informal and affectionate--not at all what Anne is accustomed to!</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Anne wants to love and be loved but why must it all be so strange and difficult? Join Anne Georgiana and Lizzy as they enter their new lives from christenings and Christmas parties to Anne's first season in London when a mystery of the </span><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>ton </em><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>inexplicably centers on her.</span></p><p><em style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This is a variation that imagines Anne on the autism spectrum.</em></p>