New Releases by Jennifer Weiner

A warm and witty novel from the acclaimed author of Good in Bed, In Her Shoesand the forthcoming Who Do You Love (August 2015) For Kate Klein, semi-accidental mother of three, the unsolved murder of a fellow mother is the most interesting thing to happen since the neighbours cracked their septic tank. Up until then life in suburbia has been distinctly underwhelming. Her once-loving husband is hardly ever home. The supermums on the playground routinely snub her and her days are filled with an empty routine. At night, most of her orgasms are of the do-it-yourself variety. So, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, when her kids are in nursery school, Kate launches a murder investigation of her own. With the help of her best friend, carpet heiress Janie Segal, and former flame, Evan McKenna, she is drawn deep into the dead woman''s double life. Suddenly suburbia is not so ordinary after all. Engrossing, suspenseful, and laugh-out-loud funny, Goodnight Nobodyis another unputdownable, sparkling tale; a quick-witted mystery with a great heart and a narrator you''ll never forget.

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.

Kate vit dans le Connecticut avec son mari avocat, leur petite fille et leurs jumeaux. Fort occupée, elle s''ennuie cependant dans la petite ville bien pensante où elle demeure. Quand sa voisine Kitty l''appelle pour lui proposer un déjeuner, elle ne se doute pas que ce tout petit évènement va changer sa vie. En effet, elle retrouve Kitty assassinée, un couteau planté dans le dos.

Jennifer Weiner conquistou definitivamente um lugar ao sol entre os destaques da nova literatura feminina com Em seu lugar, que chegou às telas de cinema com Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette e Shirley MacLaine. Pequenos terremotos é mais uma prova de seu talento no gênero. Uma história de amor, decepções, redenção e amizade, que já teve os direitos para o cinema comprados pelos diretores de Erin Brockovich. Desta vez, Weiner apresenta aos leitores um retrato fiel da amizade entre quatro mulheres muito diferentes, que experimentam uma das transições mais maravilhosas e “arriscadas” da vida: a maternidade.

Jennifer Weiner''s talent shines like never before in this collection of short stories, following the tender, and often hilarious, progress of love and relationships over the course of a lifetime. From a teenager coming to terms with her father''s disappearance to a widow accepting two young women into her home, Weiner''s eleven stories explore those transformative moments in our every day. We meet Marlie Davidow, home alone with her new baby late one Friday night, when she wanders onto her ex''s online wedding registry and wonders what if she had wound up with the guy not taken. We stumble on Good in Bed''s Bruce Guberman, liquored-up and ready for anything on the night of his best friend''s bachelor party, until stealing his girlfriend''s tiny rat terrier becomes more complicated than he''d planned. We find Jessica Norton listing her beloved New York City apartment in the hope of winning her broker''s heart. And we follow an unlikely friendship between two very different new mothers, and the choices that bring them together -- and pull them apart. The Guy Not Taken demonstrates Weiner''s amazing ability to create characters who "feel like they could be your best friend" (Janet Maslin) and to find hope and humor, longing and love in the hidden corners of our common experiences.

Een jonge vrouw voelt zich niet thuis in haar New Yorkse buitenwijk en besluit op onderzoek uit te gaan als ze een kennis vermoord in haar huis aantreft.

Seventeen favorite American women authors contribute to this scintillating collection of short stories. Red-hot authors include Jennifer Weiner, Lauren Weisberger, and Adriana Trigiani. Proceeds benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation and Barnardo''s, the largest children''s charity in Britain.

Rose y Maggie son hermanas, pero s&ólo tienen en com&ún su n&úmero de zapato. Rose es abogada, responsable, trabajadora... y tiene un penoso historial en sus relaciones de pareja. Maggie es sexy, alocada, sabe c&ómo poner a cualquier hombre a sus pies... y su vida profesional es un desastre. Cuando los problemas de Maggie la llevan a refugiarse en casa de su hermana, se suceden los conflictos y surgen viejos reproches dormidos desde la muerte de su madre, cuando ambas eran unas ni&ñas. Mientras, lejos de all&í, la anciana Ella decide que quiz&ás ha llegado el momento de recuperar & a sus dos nietas, a las que la vida alej&ó de su lado tantos a&ños atr&ás. La autora del best-seller Bueno en la cama teje una historia tan divertida como conmovedora, una apuesta por el poder del amor, del perd&ón y de los lazos familiares. A su medida ha sido llevada al cine en una pel&ícula protagonizada por Cameron Diaz y Shirley MacLaine.

Rivals. Sisters. Maggie, the consummate party girl, clashes with her head-on-straight sister, Rose.

Wanneer drie jonge Amerikaanse vrouwen, die elkaar via zwangerschapsyoga kennen, een vrouw ontmoeten die haar baby verloor aan wiegendood, hebben zij veel steun aan elkaar.

A los 28 anos, Cannie Shapiro cree que su vida ha sido razonablemente feliz. Es una periodista de reconocido talento, a quien sus amigos consideran divertida e independiente. Quiza demasiado agobiada por “sus eternos problemas de peso” y los constantes conflictos con los hombres, esta siempre dispuesta a ver el lado comico de las cosas y es capaz de reaccionar con ironia frente a las situaciones mas dificiles. Ese sentido del humor le permite aceptar con filosofia la separacion temporal que, despues de tres anos de relacion, le propone su novio Bruce. Pero cuando ojea la revista femenina de moda y descubre un texto firmado por su anterior pareja, se siente destrozada por un articulo que considera una humillacion publica. En su articulo, Bruce no solamente describe con todo detalle aspectos muy intimos de su vida sexual, tambien se refiere claramente a las inseguridades de Cannie y a su constante batalla contra la bascula. Herida y con la autoestima por los suelos, buscara consuelo en la ginebra y refugio en el afecto inquebrantable de su perro Nifkin. Pero Nifkin solo puede ladrar para consolarle y las consecuencias de la ginebra no son lo que se dice muy recomendables. Asi que Cannie decidira que ha llegado el momento de dar un giro a su vida. ?Hacia donde? Cuando una chica como Cannie se propone cambiar, las consecuencias son siempre imprevisibles.