To the Birdhouse - Hardcover

Schine, Cathleen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374278288 ISBN 13: 9780374278281

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 1990

Synopsis

Alice, a photographer of rare birds, and her maddeningly fastidious mother fight to rid themselves of mom's ex-beau, the unspeakably thuggish Louie Scifo

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Review

"Schine has a delicious sense of humor....She has given us delightfully quirky characters who deserve a permanent place in the pantheon of comic creations." --"The New York Times
""Cathleen Schine is a modern-day Jewish Jane Austen. She has written an elegantly comic novel." --"People"
"Who else but Cathleen Schine can graft a delicate comedy of manners onto a slapstick farce with such unerring poise and wit? A novel that manages to be this funny is an achievement; one that also possesses grace and depth is a rare bird indeed." --"Chicago"" Tribune
""A very modern comedy that skewers family life with heart and wit." --"New York"""magazine
"Funny...joyful...wonderful." --"The New York Times Book Review"

Schine has a delicious sense of humor .She has given us delightfully quirky characters who deserve a permanent place in the pantheon of comic creations. "The New York Times"

Cathleen Schine is a modern-day Jewish Jane Austen. She has written an elegantly comic novel. "People"

Who else but Cathleen Schine can graft a delicate comedy of manners onto a slapstick farce with such unerring poise and wit? A novel that manages to be this funny is an achievement; one that also possesses grace and depth is a rare bird indeed. "Chicago Tribune"

A very modern comedy that skewers family life with heart and wit. "New York magazine"

Funny joyful wonderful. "The New York Times Book Review""

Schine has a delicious sense of humor .She has given us delightfully quirky characters who deserve a permanent place in the pantheon of comic creations. The New York Times

Cathleen Schine is a modern-day Jewish Jane Austen. She has written an elegantly comic novel. People

Who else but Cathleen Schine can graft a delicate comedy of manners onto a slapstick farce with such unerring poise and wit? A novel that manages to be this funny is an achievement; one that also possesses grace and depth is a rare bird indeed. Chicago Tribune

A very modern comedy that skewers family life with heart and wit. New York magazine

Funny joyful wonderful. The New York Times Book Review

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"Schine has a delicious sense of humor....She has given us delightfully quirky characters who deserve a permanent place in the pantheon of comic creations." --The New York Times

"Cathleen Schine is a modern-day Jewish Jane Austen. She has written an elegantly comic novel." --People

"Who else but Cathleen Schine can graft a delicate comedy of manners onto a slapstick farce with such unerring poise and wit? A novel that manages to be this funny is an achievement; one that also possesses grace and depth is a rare bird indeed." --Chicago Tribune

"A very modern comedy that skewers family life with heart and wit." --New York magazine

"Funny...joyful...wonderful." --The New York Times Book Review

About the Author

Cathleen Schine is the author of The Three Weissmanns of Westport, The New Yorkers and The Love Letter, among other novels. She has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, and The New York Times Book Review.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0374278288
• ISBN 13: 9780374278281
• Binding: Hardcover