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Betty weissman loses her elegant new york apartment when her husband of nearly fifty years divorces her for what he says are irreconcilable differences, but is, in actuality, another woman. She and her 2 grown daughters, who quite unexpectedly find themselves the middleaged products of a broken home and whose own lives are in varying. I enjoyed following their journey, and at the end, some surprises awaited. Exiled from her elegant new york apartment by her husbands mistress, she and her two middleaged daughters, miranda and annie, regroup in a rundown westport, connecticut, beach cottage. The three weissmanns of westport npr coverage of the three weissmanns of westport by cathleen schine. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. The topics that follow are designed to enhance your experience as you discuss this captivating novel of reason versus romance. The three weissmanns of westport is a sparkling contemporary adaptation of sense and sensibility from the alwayswinning cathleen schine. Books similar to the three weissmanns of westport the three weissmanns of westport.
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