| Certain Girls |  | Author: Jennifer Weiner
Creators: Michele Pawk, Zoe Kazan
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Category: Book
List Price: $14.99
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Rating:  173 reviews
Format: Abridged, Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Abridged
Number Of Items: 5
ISBN: 0743583000
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780743583008
ASIN: 0743583000
Publication Date: September 8, 2009 (In 241 Days)
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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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| 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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