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"Three Rooms, Shared Bath" Author Eileen Obser on the Brown Posey Press Show

March 20, 2026

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Diana Long is a widow facing middle age, and has rented out her East Hampton home to boarders. Needless to say, the parade of tenants that passes through at times reads like a Rogue's Gallery, with characters, incidents, and the occasional dog who make Diana's home their own...temporarily.

In Three Rooms, Shared Bath: A Landlady in the Hamptons, Eileen Obser takes the reader in Diana's shoes as she traverses the famous, exclusive Hamptons in the late summer of 2008. The restaurants, shops, and events that make this part of Long Island unique are viewed as affairs beyond take shape. These include the Olympics and the rise to prominence of a certain politician from the Midwest.

Along the way, Diana considers life after her late husband, Gary, and the close friendship of Frank, a reporter who at times thinks he knows better than Diana. Then, these tenants, the erratic Basia, Teresa, Kenneth, and others, make Diana's life less-than-typical. Through all this, Diana knows she has decisions to make.

Eileen Obser does indeed own a home in East Hampton, and still has one tenant. A Queens, New York native, Eileen has lived on the island since 1975. A writer since childhood, Eileen is also an essayist and educator. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Stony Brook University. Her writings have appeared in The Washington Post and Newsday, plus numerous magazines and anthologies. Her memoir, Only You, was published by Brown Posey Press as a second edition in 2019. You can find out more about Eileen at her website.