The Setting: Queen Anne's Gate, London - August 1991

Recommended Grade Level: 9-12

Related Areas of Study: Contemporary Women Writers, The Plays of Wendy Wasserstein, The American Jewish Family, The Expatriate
Experience

The Story: Sara and her teenage daughter, Tess, eagerly await the arrival of Sara's sisters to celebrate her 54th birthday. The youngest Rosensweig,
Pfeni, breezes in from a travel writing sojourn in the Far East brimming
with stories, her musical theatre director boyfriend in tow. Middle sister,
Gorgeous, an American talk show radio host is hosting a tour with a group of ladies from the states so she can afford the trip. Sibling rivalries and
conflicting childhood memories aside, the sisters fall out of love , into
love, and realize that sisters are forever and family, though wacky and
irritating, make for the best company through life's unexpected
disappointments and joys.