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| Genre/Form: | Domestic fiction Love stories Fiction |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Fiction |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Cathleen Schine |
| ISBN: | 9780374299040 0374299048 |
| OCLC Number: | 417444213 |
| Notes: | "Sarah Crichton Books." |
| Description: | 292 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Sisters -- Fiction. |
| Responsibility: | Cathleen Schine. |
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"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 . . . Schine is clearly a writer who loves to read as much as she loves to write. And it is great fun to play English major with her." --Dominique Browning, "The New York Times Book Review
""Schine has been favored in so many ways by the muse of comedy . . . "The Three Weissmanns of Westport" is full of invention, wit, and wisdom that can bear comparison to Austen's own." --"The New York Review of Books
""Schine's real wit playfully probes the lies, self-deceptions, and honorable hearts of her characters." --"The New Yorker
""Schine sets the Austen machinery in perfect forward motion, and then works some lovely modern changes, keeping the pace going a
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