Biography of cathleen schine

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Called the modern-day Jane Austen, Cathleen Schine is an international bestselling author of literary fiction. Schine grew up in Westport Connecticut and all she wanted to be when she grew up was a writer. It was at Sarah Lawrence College where her dreams of becoming an author were dashed when she realized that her poetry was really bad.

But since she grew up and watched as her mother got her Ph. Schine soon discovered that she did not have a head for dates, names or abstract ideas and hence she had to quit her dream of getting her masters. Prior to the huge disappointment, she had enrolled for a paleography fellowship in Italy and learned that she loved to go shopping for shoes.

Since her career in academia had not worked out, she thought she could make a career in the world of shoes.

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But while it was very rewarding, she could not find a well-paying job which made it a short-lived career. Debt-ridden and in dire financial straits, she turned to freelance writing to earn her crust. She was a failure in the academic world but soon learned that she was something of a pseudo-intellectual. She asserts that there are so many different personalities and contradictions around the dinner table that you may just as well have sadness or humor.

She writes about how people react when hit with unexpected happenings. Cathline looks at how such events can change people whether it is by finding the strength to take the unexpected or giving up. In the first novel Alice showcases the resilience of personality even as she has to deal with the randomness of fate that has left her unable to get out of bed.

She participates, amuses, touches and is involved in the life of her doctors, nurses, family, and fellow patients even as she focuses on her recovery. She had struggled to get her freedom back and is now going to get married to a man of her dreams. She is going to fight tooth and nail to ensure her mother also remains free.