{"product_id":"9780312680527","title":"The Three Weissmanns of Westport : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Three Weissmanns of Westport\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Cathleen Schine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Seller\u003cbr\u003eA\u003ci\u003e New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e Editors' Choice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBetty Weissmann has just been dumped by her husband of forty-eight years. Exiled from her elegant New York apartment by her husband's mistress, she and her two middle-aged daughters, Miranda and Annie, regroup in a run-down Westport, Connecticut, beach cottage. In Schine's playful and devoted homage to Jane Austen's \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e, the impulsive sister is Miranda, a literary agent entangled in a series of scandals, and the more pragmatic sister is Annie, a library director, who feels compelled to move in and watch over her capricious mother and sister. Schine's witty, wonderful novel\u003ci\u003e The Three Weissmanns of Westport \"\u003c\/i\u003eis simply full of \u003ci\u003epleasure\u003c\/i\u003e: the pleasure of reading, the pleasure of Austen, and the pleasure that the characters so rightly and humorously pursue….An absolute triumph\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Cleveland Plain Dealer\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Schine's homage to Jane Austen has it all....A sparkling, crisp, clever, deft, hilarious, and deeply affecting new novel, her best yet . . . Schine is clearly a writer who loves to read as much as she loves to write. And it is great fun to play English major with her.” —Dominique Browning, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Schine has been favored in so many ways by the muse of comedy . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Three Weissmanns of Westport\u003c\/i\u003e is full of invention, wit, and wisdom that can bear comparison to Austen's own.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A success…Sharp-edged satire.” —Marion Winik, \u003ci\u003eThe Miami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A clever, frothy novel…Schine playfully probes the lies, self-deceptions, and honorable hearts of her characters.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Schine sets the Austen machinery in perfect forward motion, and then works some lovely modern changes, keeping the pace going at a lively clip . . . Spotting the similarities and differences between the early 19th century and early 21st century stories is good sport, but the greater pleasure comes from Schine's own clever girls and their awkward attempts to find happiness.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There is so much zest for life in this novel that you can only imagine how much fun Cathleen Schine had writing it.” —\u003ci\u003eCarol Memmott, USA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Absolutely wonderful. You'll turn each page with anticipation, all the while wishing you could read it slowly in order to savor the deliciousness of Schine's particular sensibility….It will warm the center of your heart.” —Elizabeth Strout, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of\u003ci\u003e Olive Kitteridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Swap genteel nineteenth-century England for upscale contemporary Connecticut, add two sisters--one impulsive, one practical--and stir with lively doses of romance, domestic discord, sudden setbacks, and sublime surprises, and you get Cathleen Schine's homage to Jane Austen.” —\u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“No Cathleen Schine book is without wit and sharply observed moments.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A geriatric stepfather falls in love with a scheming woman half his age in Schine's \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e–flecked and compulsively readable follow-up to \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorkers\u003c\/i\u003e... It's a smart crowd pleaser with lovably flawed leads and the best tearjerker finale you're likely to read this year.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312680527\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40647673053390,"sku":"9780312680527","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_d232d280-3c69-4710-b381-b8286117f5be.jpg?v=1639187258","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312680527","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}