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Certain Girls: A Novel | 
 enlarge | Author: Jennifer Weiner
Publisher: Atria
Category: Book
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Rating:  147 reviews
Sales Rank: 1628
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
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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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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 Un-Certain September 4, 2008
L. D. Merkl (NYC)
I expect better from such an accomplished author.
It's as though her publishers wanted a new book and she wrote this in her sleep.
We go back and forth from the mother's story to the daughter's story. A hackneyed device.
Neither story is very interesting, so it's almost a relief when you finish a chapter and can go to the other character's story. Still she has a way with words and there are many original turns of phrase.
 Nice Read September 2, 2008
Jacqueline Foulk (Chicago, IL USA)
So excited to sink my teeth into another Jennifer Weiner novel! While it wasn't as meaty and juicy as her past novels, it was still a satisfying read. Nice to catch up with Cannie again. Perhaps the terribly sad ending threw me off; wasn't expecting it. Do suggest getting Ms. Weiner's "The Guy Not Taken". This collection of short stories is a MUST for all of her fans.
I don't read Weiner for the sadness... August 31, 2008
marcommom (New England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jennifer Weiner's sarcastic sense of humor always delighted me, and while Certain Girls is a little "too full" in a way I can't pin down, I was eager to finish it and "see what happens." Wish I'd stopped 2/3 of the way through. I felt betrayed and angry by the sad surprise. I specifically choose "chick lit" to be entertained and lightened up - sorry Jennifer, this is my last Weiner book.
 Was not disappointed... August 31, 2008
K. E. Bond (Westchester County, N.Y.)
After reading many of these reviews, I was a bit hesitant about reading this book. I have read and loved all of Jennifer Weiner's books and I was worried that I would be disappointed. Well, I worried for no reason. I read Certain Girls in one day (and that is while dealing with three kids of my own...including one 14 year old girl). I am very different from Cannie and my daughter is different from Joy, but I could relate to the struggle of both mother and daughter that made up the focus of this book.
IMO, Jennifer Weiner did it again! And I look forward to another book from her.
Sequel well-worth the wait August 27, 2008
R. Murphy (Eastern U.S.)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This long-awaited and much anticipated sequel to Good In Bed is everything I could have hoped for. Picking up thirteen years later, Cannie Schapiro is just as funny and crazy - but she's also more mature, more settled, and mother to a teenage girl. Certain Girls is a story told by both Cannie and her daughter Joy, and it's an amazingly good book from Weiner about both being a parent and being an adolescent that is anything but sugar-coated. When you start this book, you'd better not have anything planned for the rest of your day, because you will not be able to stop reading it.
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