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Weiner's witty, original, fast-moving debut features a lovable heroine, a solid cast, snappy dialogue and a poignant take on life's priorities.
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.
Susan Isaacs,
Good in Bed is a delight, a contemporary Cinderella tale told with
intelligence, wit, and style.
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