2012 Longlist
The Three Weissmans of Westport
ABOUT
THE BOOK
Betty 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 Sense and Sensibility, 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.
NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS
Literary comedy of manners.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Country
United States
Original Language
English
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books
Nominating Library