Description:
What can Jane Austen teach us about health? Prepare to have your bonnet blown ...
From the food secrets of Pride and Prejudice to the fitness strategies of Sense and Sensibility, there's a modern health code hidden in the world's most popular romances.
Join Bryan Kozlowski as he unlocks this "health and happiness" manifesto straight from Jane Austen's pen, revealing why her prescriptions for achieving total body "bloom" still matter in the twenty-first century. Whether that's learning how to eat like Lizzie Bennet, exercise like Emma Woodhouse, or think like Elinor Dashwood, explore how Austen's timeless body beliefs are more relevant, refreshing, and scientifically sensible now than ever before. After all, it's still a truth universally acknowledged--Jane Austen's heroines don't get fat.
Brief description:
Bryan Kozlowski is a passionate champion of "lit wit"--bringing the wisdom of classic literature into everyday life. From Charles Dickens to children's cookbooks, his books celebrate the modern magic of living literarily. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Post, Slate, and other publications
Review Quotes:
"Austen fans and superfans will enjoy being reminded of how smart she actually is about our health, and how she uses food, eating, and exercise as shorthand for character."
-- "New York Times Book Review"