My Brother's Keeper By Jane Austen Quotes

Frederick Wentworth, a naval officer, meets a well-to-do girl, Anne Elliot, they get engaged. She is persuaded by Lady Russell that it would be better for him if she broke off the engagement. Lady Russell believes that such a match is unworthy being the daughter of Sir Walter Elliot; he gets upset and leaves to make a great career for himself in the Navy. The breakup produces in Anne a deep and long-lasting regret; she stays home and never marries.

Both ex- lovers do not meet again for eight years, which time has served to confirm Anne's belief that Frederick Wentworth was her ideal match, and to solidify his anger at the woman he loved but who had not, as he believed, loved him well enough to keep him. When her father is overcome by debt and rents his home, Anne goes to live with her sister, Mary Musgrove, who is ill. Anne cares for her sister and when she is well Mary's mother-in-law, Mrs. Musgrove, invites them to dine at her cottage with a few other guests. Anne meets Mrs. Musgrove's daughters at the party, Henrietta and Louisa, two lively girls who love parties and dancing.
While there, Anne bumps into her former love-interest, naval officer Fredrick Wentworth.
Anne soon realizes that she still has feelings for Captain Wentworth, but she fears that he is still embittered regarding the circumstances of their breakup. Later Anne finds herself repeatedly in company with Captain Wentworth and during a trip down to Lyme, Anne perceives that Captain Wentworth may have taken an interest in
Louisa.

While in Lyme, the group (including Mary Musgrove and her husband Charles, and Henrietta and Louisa Musgrove) decides to take a walk down to the beach. As they descend the steps that lead to the beach, Louisa Musgrove jumps from the steps into the arms of Captain Wentworth, who is at the bottom of the stairs. He declines her invitation to repeat, but she insists on jumping again. She jumps once more, but the Captain was not ready; she hits the pavement and is taken unconscious. Through these circumstances Anne has the opportunity to draw nearer to Captain Wentworth, and the anonymity of his feelings towards her are revealed. Things work out, Anne and Captain Wentworth are drawn back together because there is no other way the world can possibly be; they are meant for each other.

In addition to being a love story, this is a story about hope. Hope that things can be mended, that mistakes can be made right. Hope that life can be good and worthwhile even if you have family troubles or heartbreak or other problems. And yes, the hope that lost love can return.