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Dec 24, 2015CoreneBee rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Author Patricia Park transports Jane Eyre from the moors of England to Flushing, Queens in her fascinating reimaging of a classic, Re Jane. Jane Re is a half-Korean, half-American orphan who is dependent on the grudging generosity of her uncle and his family. After failing to secure a plum job after graduation, Jane finds herself suffocating in her uncle’s grocery store while watching her friends begin their own adult lives away from Flushing. In desperation, she becomes a nanny to the Mazer-Farley family in Queens. By day, she takes care of their adopted Chinese daughter and is schooled in feminist theory by the intense Beth Mazer. By night, she spills her soul to the gruff and masculine Ed Farley. When a family crisis forces her to travel to Seoul, she must confront her family’s past and determine her own future.