The Bronte Project

BrontE scholar Sara Frosts unsuccessful search for the lost love letters of Charlotte BrontE hasnt won her any favor at her university particularly now that the glamorous and self-promoting Princess Diana scholar Claire Vigee has introduced her media-savvy exploits to the staid halls of academia. But its not until Saras fiancE suddenly leaves that she begins to question her lifes vocation and is forced to reconcile the mythology of romance with the reality of modern love.Saras jolt brings her to an unusual new world one populated by a cheerfully amoral Frenchman a pair of New York eccentrics who live in the 19th century a born-again Christian experimental artist a lapsed methadone-addict of a screenwriter a Hollywood producer who mistakenly assumes that the short sad life of Charlotte BrontE has the makings of an uplifting movie and ultimately a bed in Tuscany that may or may not foretell the destiny of its visitors.Along the way Sara discovers that the life and writings of Charlotte BrontE may have taught her more than she ever guessed about the virtues of being a romantic with the heart of a pragmatist - and she finds the surprising path of her own desire and true happiness. Its an irreverent and comic look at love loss literature pop culture Hollywood and the mysterious biographical similarities between Charlotte BrontE and Princess Diana.