Certain Girls Review

Certain Girls Review contains reviews for the Jennifer Weiner book Certain Girls. Certain Girls is the sequel to Weiner's debut novel, Good in Bed, which featured newspaper reporter-turned screenwriter Cannie Shapiro. Twelve years after the events in Good in Bed Cannie is now writing science fiction novels under a pseudonym, and trying desperately to relate to her daughter Joy, who is about to turn thirteen.

Joy, on the other hand, is at that awkward stage in her life where finding herself only becomes more complicated by her interactions with her mother. After discovering and reading her mother's original claim to fame, a tell-all story of her life called, "Big Girl's Don't Cry", Joy becomes even more confused than ever.

The story, which takes place in Philadelphia, switches between Joy and Cannie's point-of-view chapter by chapter, and some reviewers have noted that there are several close to ties to Weiner's own life.