{"product_id":"three-weissmanns-of-westport","title":"Three Weissmanns of Westport","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThree Weissmanns of Westport\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eCathleen Schine\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780374299040\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eSarah Crichton Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2010\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003e1\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Volumes: \u003c\/b\u003e2\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e304\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane Austen's beloved \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility\u003c\/i\u003e has moved to Westport, Connecticut, in this enchanting modern-day homage to the classic novel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhen 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.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThus begins \u003ci\u003eThe Three Weissmanns of Westport\u003c\/i\u003e, a sparkling contemporary adaptation of \u003ci\u003eSense and Sensibility \u003c\/i\u003efrom the always winning Cathleen Schine, who has already been crowned \"a modern-day Jewish Jane Austen\" by \u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e's Leah Rozen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Schine's story, 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\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Sarah Crichton Books","offers":[{"title":"Three Weissmanns of Westport | Cathleen Schine | Hardcover | 9780374299040 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks A 1776014","offer_id":50758160449794,"sku":"1776014","price":22.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/71DFZ4xbiKL.jpg?v=1792037731","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/three-weissmanns-of-westport","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}