Good in Bed

by Jennifer Weiner

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner, a novel that's funny, fanciful, extremely poignant and rich with insight (The Boston Globe).

For twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie Shapiro. Sure, her mother has come charging out of the closet, and her father has long since dropped out of her world. But she loves her friends, her rat terrier, Nifkin, and her job as pop culture reporter for The Philadelphia Examiner. She's even made a tenuous peace with her plus-size body.

But the day she opens up a national women's magazine and sees the words Loving a Larger Woman above her ex-boyfriend's byline, Cannie is plunged into misery...and the most amazing year of her life. From Philadelphia to Hollywood and back home again, she charts a new course for herself: mourning her losses, facing her past, and figuring out who she is and who she can become.

• ISBN10: 0743418174
• ISBN13: 9780743418171
• Publish Date: 2 April 2002 (first published 1 May 2001)
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Out of Print: 24 December 2010
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Simon & Schuster
• Format: Paperback (UK Trade)
• Pages: 400
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

Rating: 3.5 Stars

This is my first Weiner book, and I have to say, Ms. Weiner has made a great first impression on me. I love chick-lit, and this is the type of chick-lit that keeps me coming back for more. The heroine is smart and sassy, but slightly damaged. She has a strong friend-base, which always adds to the overall good vibe of the story. There is drama, but not so much drama that I want to rock in a corner. It is a little bit of drama, but mostly a fairly light read. Just perfect: fun and breezy, but lots of heartfelt moments, and Cannie grows a lot too. She starts to make peace with her past, and begins viewing her future with an open mind and heart.

Overall: light and fun, sassy and smart.

[ibeforem]

Weiner is known for her "plus-sized girls can have happy endings too" books, but the first one of hers I read (Goodnight Nobody) wore me out with the main character’s constant whinging about her thighs. Wore me out enough that I waited over three years before I read another. Thankfully, I liked Cannie much much more. Cannie’s thoughts and feelings and actions felt more authentic. The book takes a couple of big turns that I definitely wasn’t expecting. I didn’t even see the love interest coming! Overall, I enjoyed this and won’t wait so long this time to read another novel by Weiner.