Certain Girls

De: Jennifer Weiner

Narrado por: Julie Dretzin, Rachel Botchan

Readers fell in love with Cannie Shapiro, the smart, sharp-tongued, bighearted heroine of Good in Bed who found her happy ending after her mother came out of the closet, her father fell out of her life, and her ex-boyfriend started chronicling their ex-sex life in the pages of a national magazine.

Now Cannie's back. After her debut novel -- a fictionalized (and highly sexualized) version of her life -- became an overnight bestseller, she dropped out of the public eye and turned to writing science fiction under a pseudonym. She's 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.

As preparations for Joy's bat mitzvah begin, everything seems right in Cannie's world. Then Joy discovers the 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. 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.

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.

Spoiler alert

I was not prepared for the tale of loss in this book and almost stopped listening. (Insert sobbing emoji). Overall it was a good story and well written. The narrator for Joy sounded like an adult trying to talk in baby talk, which was annoying.

Awesome story!

What a perfect follow up novel! Beautifully written and superbly performed. You will love it!

Loved it!!

Cannie & now Joy are my hero’s! The performance was fantastic! Jennifer Weiner is my guilty pleasure.

Jennifer Weiner is AMAZING!!!

I've read all her books and loved every single one of them! This is another great read by a great author! Don't ever stop writing JW! I live in Philadelphia and love all of the references to our city!

A Perfect 2nd Book

After reading some. poor reviews, I was pleasantly surprised. This was an excellent Part 2 to Canny's story. A must-read.

Great

Great book, I laughed, I cried! It was a great read. A definite summer must

it was ok

I loved the first book, so had high expectations for this follow up. I struggled to see the point and correlate the title to the story. but I loved Cannie's humor and perseverance, hated the brat of thr daughter. the ending was a bummer.

Loved it!

Great book by an awesome author, I just love her books. The performance was enjoyable.

It is a great book...

My only problem is that living in the area done of the pronunciations were off, and it drove me a little batty. Loved it though.

Eh...boring

Would you try another book from Jennifer Weiner and/or Julie Dretzin and Rachel Botchan ?

Jennifer Weiner used to be my favorite...this book, not so much.

What could Jennifer Weiner have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

It was the story line that I just couldn't get into.

Have you listened to any of Julie Dretzin and Rachel Botchan ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

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Could you see Certain Girls being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

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Any additional comments?

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