Friends, it is with great joy that I announce the birth of my — (sorry) —
the publication of my first book, A Truth Occasionally Acknowledged, which you can purchase here!
Two years ago, I began this Substack with a short story entitled “Tailgating Mr. Darcy” that mingles Jane Austen’s characters in 21st century Atlanta. Nine more stories followed, spanning the weeks from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Eve, in which Emma Knightly runs a matchmaking business, Tom Bertram sobers up, Isabella Thorpe regrets her choices, George Wickham does not.
“Why do this?’ you may well ask. I love Jane Austen’s rich characters and every-day family dramas that remain relevant today. With timeless insight, she saw through our brokenness and had hope in the happy ending.
And now — in honor of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday on December 16th — this holiday comedy-romance is available for you to read, read again, and give to all your friends. Would you please share this news with your friends and family? It’s a story of spectacular failure, unreasonable forgiveness, and impossible hope.
It’s my story — and yours.
Purchase it here, and thank you for reading!
“Kate Susong’s A Truth Occasionally Acknowledged is a pure delight. Witty, humorous, and profound, Susong captures the charm and detail of Austen’s characters as they converge in the elite echelons of Atlanta during the present-day holiday season.”
— Elizabeth Musser, bestselling author of The Swan House and many others
“With deft humor and surprising tenderness, Kate Susong evokes all that makes Jane Austen timeless: her revelation of human weakness without despair and human longing without cynicism. Susong’s contemporary imagining is full of hope, honesty, and grace: a promise that even in our failures, love and mercy still have the final word.”
— Karen Wright Marsh, Executive Director of Theological Horizons and author of Wake Up to Wonder
“Forgiveness, reconciliation, and the redeeming of broken things. A beautiful Christmas story…”
— Charlie Lehardy
“What a gift this story was!”
— Tonya B
“…perfect voicing of modern day Jane Austen characters! Delightful…!”
— Sharon Varnum
“What a hoot!!”
— Kateness
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