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Certain Girls: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Jennifer Weiner
Publisher: Atria
Category: Book
List Price: $26.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  141 reviews
Sales Rank: 870
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.3
ISBN: 0743294254
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780743294256
ASIN: 0743294254
Publication Date: April 8, 2008
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Product Description
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.
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 Certain Girls August 20, 2008
I, like so many others loved Good in Bed. I could not beleive the difference in these two books. I could not stand Canny she was the most overbearing, smothering neurotic mother and wife. She complained and whined about her life, body and family. She never seemed happy even though she ended up with such a wonderful husband, who put up with way more than I ever would in a spouse. Joy was anything but joyous, she was spoiled rude and self centered yet Canny continued to ignore her behavior and guess at what might be wrong. I did not like either character and was even less interested in the bat mitzvah drama that went on far to long. The end of the book was so depressing and unnecessary. I read for pleasure and to take my mind off of the everyday drama's and tragedies that we all deal with, I don't need to feel that way in my spare moments of reading escape. I hate when I feel depressed after I finish a book rather than renewed and happy. So very disappointed in this author.
Watch TV instead August 20, 2008
Please, people who think this is a good book -- read The Maytrees, or Olive Kitteridge -- or watch TV -- this summer instead of wasting your time on Certain Girls
 Interesting View of a Family August 19, 2008
Think Jennifer Weiner's books are usually very entertaining, this one is too, perhaps more serious than her others. The teenager in this book is certainly an "eye opener" for young moms. As a mom of three teenagers, Weiner is right on the money - albeit this is a very spoiled one.
This is a quick read, makes you chuckle and also value your own children and personal situation.
 Good, hated the end August 18, 2008
I liked this book, it consumed me for 2 days until I was finished. I did however HATE the end and subsequently threw it on the floor when I finished it like a spoiled brat. I do not want to be sad when I finish a good book.
good follow up August 18, 2008
im not sure why so many people thought cannie would be the same person after a decade of growth and the birth of her child. these are life-altering events and time periods - think of the difference between when you're 18 and when you're 28. big change. i thought cannie's personality rang true and her concerns, while sometimes silly, were accurate with those of any protective mother. i enjoyed reading about her all these years after good in bed and thought weiner did a good job with this sequel. my main complaint is that the story drags for much of the middle, but that is a small complaint for a chance to get to revisit such an enjoyable character.
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