Good in Bed

Author: Weiner, Jennifer

Edition: Reprint

Features:

• Washington Square Press

Number Of Pages: 400

Details:

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner brings to life an irresistibly funny and relatable heroine in the novel The Boston Globe called “funny, fanciful, extremely poignant, and rich with insight.” For twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie Shapiro. Sure, her mother has come charging out of the closet, and her father has long since dropped out of her world. But she loves her friends, her rat terrier, Nifkin, and her job as pop culture reporter for The Philadelphia Examiner. She’s even made a tenuous peace with her plus-size body. But the day she opens up a national women’s magazine and sees the words “Loving a Larger Woman” above her ex-boyfriend’s byline, Cannie is plunged into misery…and the most amazing year of her life. From Philadelphia to Hollywood and back home again, she charts a new course for herself: mourning her losses, facing her past, and figuring out who she is and who she can become.

Reviews:

"A delight...a contemporary Cinderella tale told with intelligence, wit, and style."

— New York Times bestselling author Susan Isaacs

"A crackling debut...Cannie emerges as one of the most engaging, realistic female characters in years." —Entertainment Weekly, Grade: A

"This season's beach-book Queen for a Day." —Janet Maslin, New York Times

About the Author:

Jennifer Weiner is the #1  New York Times bestselling author of eighteen books, including  Big Summer,  Mrs. Everything,  Good in Bed, and an essay collection,  Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing. A graduate of Princeton University and a frequent contributor to the  New York Times Opinion section, Jennifer lives with her family in Philadelphia. Visit her online at JenniferWeiner.com. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Chapter One "Have you seen it?" asked Samantha. I leaned close to my computer so my editor wouldn't hear me on a personal call. "Seen what?" "Oh, nothing. Never mind. We'll talk when you get home." "Seen what?" I asked again. "Nothing," Samantha repeated. "Samantha, you have never once called me in the middle of the day about nothing. Now come on. Spill." Samantha sighed. "Okay, but remember: Don't shoot the messenger." Now I was getting worried. "Moxie. The new issue. Cannie, you have to go get one right now." "Why? What's up? Am I one of the Fashion Faux Pas?" "Just go to the lobby and get it. I'll hold." This was important. Samantha was, in addition to being my best friend, also an associate at Lewis, Dommel, and Fenick. Samantha put people on hold, or had her assistant tell them she was in a meeting. Samantha herself did not hold. "It's a sign of weakness," she'd told me. I felt a small twinge of anxiety work its way down my spine. I took the elevator to the lobby of the Philadelphia Examiner, waved at the security guard, and walked to the small newsstand, where I found Moxie on the rack next to its sister publications, Cosmo and Glamour and Mademoiselle. It was hard to miss, what with the supermodel in sequins beneath headlines blaring "Come Again: Multiple Orgasm Made Easy!" and "Ass-Tastic! Four Butt Blasters to Get your Rear in Gear!" After a quick minute of deliberation, I grabbed a small bag of chocolate M&M's, paid the gum-chomping cashier, and went back upstairs. Samantha was still holding. "Page 132," she said. I sat, eased a few M&M's into my mouth, and flipped to page 132, which turned out to be "Good in Bed," Moxie's regular male-written feature designed to help the average reader understand what her boyfriend was up to...or wasn't up to, as the case might be. At first my eyes wouldn't make sense of the letters. Finally, they unscrambled. "Loving a Larger Woman," said the headline, "By Bruce Guberman." Bruce Guberman had been my boyfriend for just over three years, until we'd decided to take a break three months ago. And the Larger Woman, I could only assume, was me. You know ...

EAN: 9780743418171

Release Date: 02-04-2002

Languages: English

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Item Condition: UsedLikeNew

Binding: Paperback