Certain Girls: A Novel

by Jennifer Weiner | Women's Fiction |
ISBN: 9780743294256 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Bibliocrates of Pueblo, Colorado USA on 8/13/2008
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Journal Entry 1 by Bibliocrates from Pueblo, Colorado USA on Wednesday, August 13, 2008
I got this book via eBay.

Amazon Editorial Review:
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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Journal Entry 2 by Bibliocrates from Pueblo, Colorado USA on Sunday, October 12, 2008
I am currently reading this book and will send it on its journey as soon as I finish.

Journal Entry 3 by Bibliocrates at Käerjeng, Kanton Capellen Luxembourg on Friday, February 27, 2009

Released 15 yrs ago (2/27/2009 UTC) at Käerjeng, Kanton Capellen Luxembourg

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This book is finally on its way to Risa29 -via USPS First Class Mail International Flat- to launch the ring after a long delay!

HAPPY READING EVERYONE!

Journal Entry 4 by Risa29 from Käerjeng, Kanton Capellen Luxembourg on Thursday, March 12, 2009
The book arrived safe and sound here in Luxembourg.
I'm looking forward to read it.

Edit: I really liked the book, though it took me a long time to start it.

Journal Entry 5 by wolkenklang on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
The book arrived in Vienna, Austria today. I love Jennifer Weiner's books and can't wait to start this one! Thanks for sharing it, Bibliocrates.

Journal Entry 6 by wolkenklang on Tuesday, June 30, 2009
fushmush already read this book and asked to be skipped. I've contacted the next in line, BOKWORMY, for her address.

Journal Entry 7 by wolkenklang on Thursday, July 16, 2009
I found this book very read-able and it was hard to put down sometimes. Jennifer Weiner's writing style simply is a great one. However, I didn't like all of the messages she transports throughout the book, e.g. when Cannie says she's in some way thankful that her father was the way he was because this made her the way she were and led to the life she was living and which she was very content with. That's not my kind of thinking at all, I think Cannie's own personality and strength are to be held accountable for having led to the kind of life she lives. Secondly, I didn't like the ending at all. Once I read an interview with Jennifer Weiner where she stated how she doesn't care if people call her a chick lit writer because she simply likes to tell a good story that happens to have a happy ending at all times. I certainly missed the happy ending here...

Journal Entry 8 by wolkenklang at By mail, A Bookring -- Controlled Releases on Monday, July 20, 2009

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Off to Portugal!

Journal Entry 9 by BOKWORMY on Friday, July 31, 2009
Just received it in the post, thanks Solskinn for posting over.

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