The Three Weissmanns of Westport - Couverture souple

Schine, Cathleen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1250106923 ISBN 13 : 9781250106926

Editeur : Picador USA, 2016

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

When Joseph Weissmann divorced his wife, he was seventy eight years old and she was seventy-five...He said the words 'Irreconcilable differences', and saw real confusion in his wife's eyes. 'Irreconcilable differences?' she said. 'Of course there are irreconcilable differences. What on earth does that have to do with divorce?'. So begins "The Three Weissmanns of Westport", a sparkling, and stinging, contemporary adaptation of "Sense and Sensibility". The 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.

Revue de presse :

Like Jane Austen's original. this sparkly, highly readable re-framing has romance, interiors, wicked stepmothers, lashings of escapism and a heartfelt portrait of sisterhood, daughterhood and motehrhood that will stike a chord with women everywhere. --The Times

And off races the sparkling, crisp, clever, deft, hilarious and deeply affecting new novel by Cathleen Schine, her best yet, The Three Weissmanns of Westport . . . 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

A deliberate homage to Jane Austen succeeds in being intelligent and beguilling. --The Sunday Times

And off races the sparkling, crisp, clever, deft, hilarious and deeply affecting new novel by Cathleen Schine, her best yet, The Three Weissmanns of Westport . . . 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

A deliberate homage to Jane Austen succeeds in being intelligent and beguilling. --The Sunday Times

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Picador USA
• Date d'édition: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1250106923
• ISBN 13: 9781250106926
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 292