The Three Weissmanns of Westport by Cathleen Schine

In a series of novels released since the early 80s, including The New Yorkers, The Love Letter, She Is Me and Rameau's Niece, Cathleen Schine has established herself as an accomplished and witty writer who artfully captures the spirit of both her characters and the times. She is also an accomplished essayist and reviewer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times Magazine. Sarah Bagby is here with more about Schine's newest novel and the May Literary Feast selection.

You can hear Sarah Bagby's book reviews the second and fourth Mondays of every month on Morning Edition and listen online and find additional information about the books and authors reviewed here.

Cathleen Schine's blog:
http://www.cathleenschine.com/

Cathleen Schine essay, I Was a Teenage Illiterate, from the New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/28/books/review/Schine-t.html