A Modern, Bourgeois, Addictive, Somewhat Profound Holiday Romance in 10 Vignettes

Jane Austen's characters mingle... in 21st century Atlanta.

Darcy and Elizabeth attend a tailgate. Emma runs a matchmaking business. Isabella Thorpe regrets her choices. George Wickham does not.

250 years after Jane Austen's birth, her characters continue to appear on page, stage, and screen - because she saw through our brokenness and had hope in the promised happy ending. Deus ex libris.

Editorial Reviews

"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

Peer Reviews on Substack

"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