{"product_id":"9780374154905","title":"Fin \u0026 Lady : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eFin \u0026amp; Lady\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Cathleen Schine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom bestselling author Cathleen Schine comes \u003ci\u003eFin \u0026amp; Lady,\u003c\/i\u003e a wise, clever story of New York in the '60s.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's 1964. Eleven-year-old Fin and his glamorous, worldly, older half sister, Lady, have just been orphaned, and Lady, whom Fin hasn't seen in six years, is now his legal guardian and his only hope. That means Fin is uprooted from a small dairy farm in rural Connecticut to Greenwich Village, smack in the middle of the swinging '60s. He soon learns that Lady-giddy, careless, urgent, and obsessed with being free-is as much his responsibility as he is hers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eFin \u0026amp; Lady\u003c\/i\u003e, the lively, spirited new novel by Cathleen Schine, the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Three Weissmanns of Westport\u003c\/i\u003e. Fin and Lady lead their lives against the background of the '60s, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War-Lady pursued by ardent, dogged suitors, Fin determined to protect his impulsive sister from them and from herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom a writer \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e has praised as \"sparkling, crisp, clever, deft, hilarious, and deeply affecting,\" \u003ci\u003eFin \u0026amp; Lady\u003c\/i\u003e is a comic, romantic love story: the story of a brother and sister who must form their own unconventional family in increasingly unconventional times.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Full of invention, wit, and wisdom that can bear comparison to Austen's own.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books on The Three Weissmanns of Westport\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 YorkerThe Three Weissmanns of Westport\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780374154905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Sarah Crichton Books","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40593392795854,"sku":"9780374154905","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_6faa156a-abde-4c37-92fa-090d23cf84f3.jpg?v=1643279272","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780374154905","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}