{"product_id":"the-three-weissmanns-of-westport-9781849016063","title":"The Three Weissmanns of Westport","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen Joseph Weissmann divorced his wife, he was seventy eight years old and she was seventy-five...\u003cbr\u003eHe said the words \"Irreconcilable differences,\" and saw real confusion in his wife's eyes.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Irreconcilable differences?\" she said. \"Of course there are irreconcilable differences. What on earth does that have to do with divorce?\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo begins \u003ci\u003eThe Three Weissmanns of Westport\u003c\/i\u003e, a sparkling, and stinging, contemporary adaptation of \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Weissmann sisters Miranda, an impulsive but successful literary agent, and Annie, a pragmatic library director, quite unexpectedly find themselves the middle-aged products of a broken home. Dumped by her husband of nearly fifty years and then exiled from their elegant New York apartment by his mistress, Betty is forced to move to a small, run-down Westport, Connecticut, beach cottage. Joining her are Miranda and Annie, who dutifully comes along to keep an eye on her capricious mother and sister. As the sisters mingle with the suburban aristocracy, love starts to blossom for both of them, and they find themselves struggling with the dueling demands of reason and romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA deliberate homage to Jane Austen succeeds in being intelligent and beguiling. * Sunday Times *\u003cbr\u003eLike Jane Austen's original this sparkly, highly readable re-framing has interiors, wicked stepmothers, lashings of escapism and a heartfelt portrait of sisterhood, daughterhood and motherhood that will strike a chord with women everywhere. * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eSchine's book offers much to enjoy: elegant prose, pin-sharp humour, and an ending that proves satisfyingly bittersweet. * The Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eAnd off races the sparkling, crisp, clever, deft, hilarious and deeply affecting new novel by Cathleen Schine, her best yet, \u003ci\u003eThe Three Weissmanns of Westport\u003c\/i\u003e . . . Schine's homage [to Jane Austen] has it all: stinging social satire, mordant wit, delicate charm, lilting language and cosseting materialistic detail * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003eEntirely delightful. * Daily Mail *\u003cbr\u003eSchine's real wit playfully probes the lies, self-deceptions, and honorable hearts of her characters. * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003eWitty, lively, lovely * Bookseller *\u003cbr\u003eSchine 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. * New York Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003eSwap 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. * Elle *\u003cbr\u003eNo Cathleen Schine book is without wit and sharply observed moments. * The Wall Street Journal *\u003cbr\u003eThis witty, wistful novel explores what happens when a long-standing marriage falls apart. * Marie Claire *\u003cbr\u003eSchine tells the story with such tenderness and wit. * Buzz magazine *\u003cbr\u003eLikeable and intelligent. * The Sunday Times (Culture) *\u003cbr\u003eA deliciously comforting read. * Easy Living *\u003cbr\u003eCharming. * Image Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eSchine is a wonderfully warm writer and the book is a delight. * Mail on Sunday *\u003cbr\u003eA funny, touching novel. * Books Quarterly *\u003cbr\u003eA cheeky, intelligent read. * Star Magazine *\u003cbr\u003eThe Sunday Times Must Reads: Sense and Sensibility is given a modern and beguiling twist. * The Sunday Times (Culture) *\u003cbr\u003eAt last, a Jane Austen spin-off that avoids the trappings of chick-lit. * The Times *\u003cbr\u003eA sparklingly funny and tender story wrapped around the frame of Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. * Sainsbury's Magazine *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51360213270871,"sku":"9781849016063","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781849016063.jpg?v=1754127003","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-three-weissmanns-of-westport-9781849016063","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}