Whistle Stopper - Certain Girls: A Novel

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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780743294256
ISBN: 0743294254
Label: Atria
Manufacturer: Atria
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: 2008-04-08
Publisher: Atria
Studio: Atria

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Summary: so good i'm sharing it!
Comment: love jennifer weiner! she's done it again! i just love anything she writes......she is so candid and now she's bringing in the pre-teen daughter, which i love. her writing is humorous and real. this is a great read.

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Summary: Not up to par
Comment: This book was a disappointment. It is not nearly as good as "Good In Bed" or any of her other books for that matter. I would NOT recommend this book to my friends. The plot twist sucks! I love all sorts of literature. I can deal with heavy stuff . . . but what she does in the end does not fit and doesn't make the story more meaningful. And the last few chapters just feel like an afterthought to me. More like a Lifetime Movie or something.
Sorry, but I'm not impressed.

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Summary: Somewhat Disappointed.
Comment: I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in this 'series.' "Good in Bed" was fun, funny and most of all told a story from a point of view that many people could relate too-the heavier, nice gal. But in that book Cannie wasn't a victim. She was poked fun of, yes...she got down on herself, sure, but she never came across as a victim. This book, I can't say the same.

When I heard this was a sequel to Good in Bed, I was thrilled. I couldn't wait to catch up with Cannie and her hunky husband, but alas her daughter ruined it for me. Joy, Cannie's 12 year old daughter with former flame Bruce, behaved like a childish brat for most of the book. Yes, I know, I know...she is only 12, but her reasons for treating her mother so poorly were weak at best, and reduced the story to "how next can I victimize poor mummy?"

That said, the book isn't bad, but it isn't what I was hoping for. I will say that I did see the end coming, and that might have clouded my judgment.

I really enjoy this auther, and will continue to read her books, but I don't feel this one lived up to her other works.

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Summary: Condition as described...great book!
Comment: The book was in the condition as described and shipped quickly. I would do business again with this seller.

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Summary: Certain I love it
Comment: This was another great book by Weiner. Any book that makes me cry is high on my list. I did not know this was a continuation of Good In Bed, 13 years later. It is a book about Joy and Cannie and each chapter switches back and forth between Joy and Cannie. Joy is the child of Cannie and Bruce. Bruce from the previous book who wrote the article "Good in Bed". Cannie is Joy's mom. The story is about Cannie and Joy. Cannie is remarried to Peter who has been the only father Joy has really known. Joy is 13 and is trying to figure our who she really is. I thought this book was funny and heart-warming all the same. I thought I knew the ending and was surprised when I got it wrong. This did not disappoint and I still consider Jennifer Weiner one of my favorites.

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Readers fell in love with Cannie Shapiro, the smart, sharp-tongued, bighearted heroine of Good in Bed who found her happy ending after her mother came out of the closet, her father fell out of her life, and her ex-boyfriend started chronicling their ex-sex life in the pages of a national magazine.

Now Cannie's back. After her debut novel -- a fictionalized (and highly sexualized) version of her life -- became an overnight bestseller, she dropped out of the public eye and turned to writing science fiction under a pseudonym. She's happily married to the tall, charming diet doctor Peter Krushelevansky and has settled into a life that she finds wonderfully predictable -- knitting in the front row of her daughter Joy's drama rehearsals, volunteering at the library, and taking over-forty yoga classes with her best friend Samantha.

As preparations for Joy's bat mitzvah begin, everything seems right in Cannie's world. Then Joy discovers the novel Cannie wrote years before and suddenly finds herself faced with what she thinks is the truth about her own conception -- the story her mother hid from her all her life. When Peter surprises his wife by saying he wants to have a baby, the family is forced to reconsider its history, its future, and what it means to be truly happy.

Radiantly funny and disarmingly tender, with Weiner's whip-smart dialogue and sharp observations of modern life, Certain Girls is an unforgettable story about love, loss, and the enduring bonds of family.