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Certain Girls | 
 enlarge | Author: Jennifer Weiner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Rating:  173 reviews
Sales Rank: 606066
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 5
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5.2 x 1
ISBN: 0743569865
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780743569866
ASIN: 0743569865
Publication Date: April 8, 2008
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Product Description
"My mother," Joy Shapiro Krushelevansky writes in her diary late one night, "is the most embarrassing person to have ever been born." It's been almost thirteen years since we've last seen Cannie Shapiro, the heroine of Good in Bed, whose journey toward happily-ever-after, and peace with her fractured family and plus-size body, made millions of women the world over laugh, cry, and see themselves on the page. The last decade of Cannie's life has brought some surprises. Her life story, in fictional form, became an unexpected best-seller, and Cannie has since choosen to retreat from fame's fallout, writing science fiction under a pen name. Her daughter, Joy, has descended into the throes of moody adolescence, just in time for her bat mitzvah. Her best friend, Samantha, is looking for love in all the wrong places (specifically, an online dating site called AJew4U.com). Her husband, Peter, has decided that he'd like to have a baby, and the family's first choice for a surrogate is none other than Cannie's flamboyant kid sister. Just when things can't get any worse -- or weirder -- Cannie's long-lost (and largely unlamented) father shows up at her doorstep, and Joy swipes her mother's credit card and heads West in pursuit of the grandfather she's only seen once. Funny and tender, with memorable characters and Weiner's trademark whip-smart dialogue and sharp observations about modern life, Certain Girls is a story about family (biological and chosen), love, loss, and the enduring bonds between mothers and daughters, husbands and wives.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 168 more reviews...
 Good as new.. January 7, 2009
I bought this book as a Christmas present -- and worried that it would look used -- especially for the $2.50 I paid for the book. It arrived in the mail and I was astounded that it looked as good as new.
 Did I miss something? January 6, 2009
I feel like I missed out on something not having read any of her other books before. I found it in general a good read, although sometimes a little self absorbing. I think it highlighted the mother/daughter relationship cycle well and also that "blended" or "non-traditional" families are now the norm and take many shapes and forms. However, I feel that there was at time too much of the religious culture in there but at other times I loved the details and meanings behind events that I have been around but not involved directly in. The book overall left me unsure to wether or not I would read any of her other books....
 Like Mother Like Daughter January 5, 2009
I liked this book a lot better than "Good in Bed". In this book, Carrie is in her early 40s. We meet the daughter that she has in "Good in Bed". Her daughter is named Joy and is 13 years old. In this book, they are busy planning her bat mitzvah. The book alternates between Carrie's point of view and Joy's point of view in different chapters. I loved this way of storytelling because it made it so much easier to see how different events in the book impacted on the two characters.
Everything in this story is again fairly typical. Carrie has written one best seller detailing her life in "Good in Bed". It's an almost autobiography of that life but a more raunchier version. She didn't enjoy the publicity she received from that book, but she still wanted to continue writing, so she does so under a pseudonymn for the "Star Girl" books.
Overall I quite liked this book. I definitely liked it a lot better than "Good in Bed". I loved the character of Joy. I felt that Jennifer Weiner did a spectacular job explaining the complexities of the mother/daughter relationship. I highly recommend this book to all who enjoyed "Good in Bed".
Great Book ~ Wonderful Sequel January 2, 2009
When this book came out, I was anxious to read it. I have read all of Jennifer Weiner's books and have loved them all. She did a great job falling back into place and bringing the characters to life. I was suprised at the ending, but she did a wonderful job portraying what it is like to live though a tragity and still have to go on with your life.
 Dissapointed December 29, 2008
At first I thought this books was going to be great. I really liked Good in Bed and I thought I would like this sequel. The last part of the book was so stupid! I cried the whole time I was reading the last few chapters, and it felt like there should have been a different ending for Cannie and Joy.
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