The Three Weissmanns of Westport, (Paperback)

from tututhefirst

At first I thought this was going to be pure chick-lit, but I was pleasantly surprised by the depth of characters Schine gives us in this book about three women: a mother - 75 year old Betty, and her two daughters- Miranda a failing literary agent, and Annie, a librarian. Betty's husband-77 year ...

from KatharineDB

A nice light summer read. I would not have picked this book on my own -it was a gift from my mother- but I am happy to have received it. It was just what I needed and left me with a warm fuzzy feeling of a (relativly) happy ending. A good story of love and life and the human heart. Lots of people...

from sweetiegherkin

When 75-year-old Betty Weissman's husband suddenly decides they have "irreconcilable differences" and must divorce, she takes shelter in Westport, Connecticut in a summer cottage belonging to her cousin. Betty is joined by her two daughters - the practical Annie facing an empty nest at home and t...

from libsue

Josie Weissmann has fallen in love with his co-worker and has decided to divorce his wife of 48 years. In the process he forces her out of their New York City apartment at his girlfriends' suggestion. Betty Weissmann and her two adult daughters move into a small cottage in Westport, Conn. Is Josi...

from suetu

Cathleen Schine's ridiculously delightful new novel is a contemporary take on Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility. Here, the unmarried daughters are middle-aged, New York Jewesses--children of divorce--exiled with their elderly mother to Westport, Connecticut. They've been taken in by wealthy, ge...