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Certain Girls is the follow-up to Jennifer Weiner's debut novel, Good in Bed. Twelve years after the events in Good in Bed, the books heroine, Cannie Shapiro, is laying low and writing science fiction under a pseudonym. She's had enough of the big life, and has put her former success, her major hit life story, behind her. Normal isn't as easy as it seems. Her daughter Joy seems to want nothing more than to argue with her at ever turn. Her husband Pete wants to expand their family with another baby, and her best friend seems to be looking for love in all the wrong places.
Twelve year old daughter Joy, has not put her mother's story behind her. She's been reading Mom's memoirs and finding out more than she ever wanted to know about her mother's life before she was born. It's bad enough that she's having a hard time figuring out who she is, and these strange new truths cast a shadow over Joy's mother she can't overlook. Joy begins thinking about her biological father in a new light, and a budding curiosity about her estranged grandfather begins to overwhelm her. When she steals Mom's credit card and takes off for the West Coast, will it tear their whole family apart?
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Fast Facts:
- Author: Jennifer Weiner
- Publication: April 8, 2008
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Preceded by Good in Bed
- Narrative shifts between Cannie and Joy chapter by chapter
- ISBN #: ISBN #: 978-0743294256
- Available in Hardcover, Audio CD, eBook, Hardcover Large Print
- Amazon.com Hardcover Price: $16.17 (New)
- 400 Pages
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About the Author:
- Full Name: Jennifer Agnes Weiner
- Born: March 28, 1970
- Former student of Joyce Carol Oates
- Currently resides in Philadelphia
- Well known Chick Lit author
- Has written six books
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teacher - alright girls, we're going to have another cca session next week. cause we have to finish a certain number of hours...
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@AshantiSuriyam there's this thing where the girls shave their hair for blessings from a certain god.that hair is being sold.dunno where-
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@iBLONDEgenius said something that i thought i was krazy for thinking. I hate certain names. Like i dont get along with girls named Keesha
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Apparently, certain guys aren't used to girls taking back to them cleverly. THEY WON'T EVER GET USED TO ME.
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RT @mzkeirabaybii @rickdabossofsod so r u sayin u gave a certain some1 only 5mins..I was listening 2 these girls at my bar
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Certain Girls is the follow-up to Jennifer Weiner's debut novel, Good in Bed. Twelve years after the events in Good in Bed, the books heroine, Cannie Shapiro, is laying low and writing science fiction under a pseudonym. She's had enough of the big life, and has put her former success, her major hit life story, behind her. Normal isn't as easy as it seems. Her daughter Joy seems to want nothing more than to argue with her at ever turn. Her husband Pete wants to expand their family with another baby, and her best friend seems to be looking for love in all the wrong places.
Twelve year old daughter Joy, has not put her mother's story behind her. She's been reading Mom's memoirs and finding out more than she ever wanted to know about her mother's life before she was born. It's bad enough that she's having a hard time figuring out who she is, and these strange new truths cast a shadow over Joy's mother she can't overlook. Joy begins thinking about her biological father in a new light, and a budding curiosity about her estranged grandfather begins to overwhelm her. When she steals Mom's credit card and takes off for the West Coast, will it tear their whole family apart?
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Fast Facts:
- Author: Jennifer Weiner
- Publication: April 8, 2008
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Preceded by Good in Bed
- Narrative shifts between Cannie and Joy chapter by chapter
- ISBN #: ISBN #: 978-0743294256
- Available in Hardcover, Audio CD, eBook, Hardcover Large Print
- Amazon.com Hardcover Price: $16.17 (New)
- 400 Pages
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About the Author:
- Full Name: Jennifer Agnes Weiner
- Born: March 28, 1970
- Former student of Joyce Carol Oates
- Currently resides in Philadelphia
- Well known Chick Lit author
- Has written six books
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- IMDb: Jennifer Weiner Profile
- Bookslut: An Interview with Jennifer Weiner (October 2004)




