Hungry Heart

Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing

De: Jennifer Weiner

Narrado por: Jennifer Weiner

“You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll want to read it again.” —theSkimm

“Fiercely funny, powerfully smart, and remarkably brave.” —Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild

A hilarious and candid essay collection from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner that explores everything from motherhood to grief.

Jennifer Weiner is many things: a bestselling author, a Twitter phenomenon, and an “unlikely feminist enforcer” (The New Yorker). She’s also a mom, a daughter, and a sister, a clumsy yogini, and a reality-TV devotee. In this “unflinching look at her own experiences” (Entertainment Weekly), Jennifer fashions tales of modern-day womanhood as uproariously funny and moving as the best of Nora Ephron and Tina Fey.

No subject is off-limits in these intimate and honest essays: sex, weight, envy, money, her mother’s coming out of the closet, her estranged father’s death. From lonely adolescence to hearing her six-year-old daughter say the F word—fat—for the first time, Jen dives into the heart of female experience, with the wit and candor that have endeared her to readers all over the world.

Lovely overall

Overall I enjoyed this greatly. Jennifer Weiner rocks her narration. I appreciated Jennifer's honestly, especially in her reveal of her brutal miscarriage. Occasionally I wondered how she couldn't see that she was rejecting others for the very reasons she felt rejected. But mostly I was impressed by her stellar and engaging writing and her willingness to share.

Needed editing!

I was interested in Jennifer Weiner's story up to the point when she published her first novel. After that the story was repetitious

I wanted this book to be awesome.

I adore all of Je. Over Weiner's books. And when I saw a new one was being released I couldn't wait to read it. I was still excited when I read that it was a memoir. But I just didn't love it. I think Jennifer is a talented writer whose characters connect and resonate with her fans. However, I found Jennifer, being Jennifer, was a bit of a whiner and made me dislike her. Case in point her discussing her father letting her down because she was pulled from the registration line at Princeton (could she not have referred to it as college?) and later having to take out, gasp, a student loan. Also, someone should have insisted on cutting the whole section about tweets and social media. Awful. I felt like she wasn't very relatable as a real person. Still love her books and will read her future writing. Just didn't love this book.

My favourite Jennifer Weiner book so far!

It's probably odd when you like one of your favourite authors' memoir best of all her great fiction you've read so far. That's probably my fault as sometimes I think works of fiction have to try too hard in today's marketplace to create the sufficient drama of a 3 act novel. Jennifer is so real and honest in this recounting of all she's been through to get to where she is. Her narration is fun and a pleasure to listen to. Whether you are struggling in life or not, and I think we are all struggling to some extent, I hope you'll give this a read or a listen. Even if you don't agree with everything she says or stands for, at least she stands. Well done Jennifer!

for lovers of all things Jenifer Weiner :)

It was a great insight to everything ms Weiner is. I love her humour and storytelling abilitys so much. I always call her my realism reading. Looking forward to more great works in the future. Love, your biggest fan of 18 yrs Amy Victoria

Now I Want to Read Her Books

I didn't know Jennifer Weiner begore now. Maybe because I'm not quite her audience, but I am a not skinny writer and editor who started in newspapers, lived in Philly, and lives chick lit, so I felt connected and enthralled by her stories. Makes me want to read her books now.

Entertaining

Overall this book was entertaining. I do love Jennifer's books and was interested to hear about her. I found most of the book interesting but there were areas I thought dragged on. I could have skipped all the tweets and details about all her pets. There were also a few story highlights that repeated.
However I will continue to be a fan of hers and applaud her courage in writing her own story.

Loved this!!!

Loved this book. Ms. Weiner is so relatable. I have enjoyed each and every one of her books and this look in to her life even more so. She is, hands down, my favorite author.

A Story for our daughters

Loved this story! All.our daughters should have this book! Easy read with lots of good advice. We could all use that!

Her BEST book yet!

Would you listen to Hungry Heart again? Why?

"Hungry Heart" is funny, sad, honest and from the heart. I have been a fan Jennifer Weiner's books since the beginning and I think her latest books is the best yet!

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the honesty and the ability to relate with this book. Most women are a size 12+, have older parents to care for, problematic home lives and growing pains. Life is full of good and bad moments and it is nice to hear someone else's story to know that other people go through things also. Real life is not a fairy tail.

What about Jennifer Weiner’s performance did you like?

The sarcasm in her voice.