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Certain Girls: A Novel | 
| Author: Jennifer Weiner
Publisher: Atria
Category: Book
List Price: CDN$ 29.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 24279
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 400
ISBN: 1416586857
EAN: 9781416586852
ASIN: 1416586857
Publication Date: April 8, 2008
Availability: Usually ships within 1 - 2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent read... June 2, 2008
I could not seem to put this book down! In amongst a busy schedule, I still had it done in a week, which speaks volumes. An excellent follow up to good in bed - can't wait for the next one!
a great read May 2, 2008
This is an excellent read. I could not put it down. In my opinion it is her best book to date!!
 ENGAGING READINGS BY TWO GIFTED ACTRESSES April 10, 2008
Mother/daughter relationships are a labyrinth of complexities - loving, angry, close, distant, confiding, secretive. Even more confounding is the fact that all of these feelings may occur within a 24-hour period. We are reminded of this in Jennifer Weiner's witty, insightful novel Certain Girls.
Many fondly remember Cannie Shapiro first introduced to us in Good In Bed. She was then a handmaiden to fashion, and determined to make her mark in the world by writing. Her chosen oeuvre? A tell-all, racy but not real story of her life that flew off the shelves.
It is now thirteen years later. Cannie is out of the spotlight and happily relegated to a question on Jeopardy. She's up to her ears in domesticity, married and planning her daughter Joy's bat mitzvah.
Joy does not share her mother's contentment. After all, she is barely into her teens and navigating the shoals of junior high school. When she discovers her mother's long ago written novel it casts a new and surprising light on who she is.
At the same time Peter throws his husbandly ingredient into the mix by announcing that he'd like to have a baby.
Weiner's prose is as winning as ever and her humor delightfully barbed. Adding luster to the author's words are the engaging readings of two very gifted actresses Michele Pawk and Zoe Kazan.
Tony Award winner Michele Pawk is a seasoned Broadway actress who has also received Drama Desk and Outer Circle Award nominations for her work. Her teaming with Zoe Kazan for this reading is quite a coup as it brings together two major talents.
Daughter of screenwriter Nicholas Kazan and granddaughter of renowned stage and film director Elia Kazan, Zoe Kazan is a multi gifted actress with numerous television and film roles already to her credit. Her voice is aptly suited to the questing, questioning Joy.
Highly recommended.
- Gail Cooke
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