Label it a beach season must.' - Gotham, 'Weiner displays her signature wry voice and sap-free knack for capturing heartfelt moments an unexpected plot twist gives her story emotional heft. Told through alternating first-person narratives, Weiner's tale gives mothers and daughters alike a treat to devour.' - Romantic Times, 'Filled with family tumult (lesbian mother, rebellious teenage daughter, nutjob sister), career uncertainty, heart wrenching plot twists, and plenty of Weiner's classic sass, Certain Girls is like literary cotton candy - it's light, fun and sweet, yet sticks with you long after it's gone.

You'll laugh, you'll cringe, you'll cry as you follow Cannie and her now nearly teenage daughter, Joy. Readers will laugh and cry.' - Library Journal (starred review), 'Weiner's follow-up to Good in Bed is, in a word, fantastic.

'Heartfelt and funny.A touching examination of both the comic and tragic moments that mark the mother-daughter relationship.' - Kirkus Reviews, 'Clear your calendar and prepare to read: Cannie Shapiro is back! Weiner is a talented writer who consistently delivers the goods. 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. 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. Then Joy discovers the sexy and provocative 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. As preparations for Joy's bat mitzvah begin, everything seems right in Cannie's world.

Cannie is 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. In this witty and tender sequel to Good in Bed, Jennifer Weiner's bighearted heroine Cannie Shapiro balances middle age and motherhood to a preteen daughter filled with Weiner's 'signature observations and spot-on insights into human nature, with a few twists thrown in for good measure' ( Publishers Weekly).

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