The Three Weissmans of Westport

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010

Novelist Cathleen Schine talks about her latest book, The Three Weissmans of Westport, a modern-day homage to Jane Austen’s Sense and Sensibility. It’s about two sisters dealing with their parents’ divorce, and who move in with their mother in a run-down beach cottage in Westport, Connecticut.

Events: Cathleen Schine is reading and signing books
Monday, February 22, at 7:00 pm
Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway at 82nd Street

She's also reading and signing books
Wednesday, February 24, at 12 noon
Westport Public Library
20 Jessup Road
Westport, Connecticut

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