Certain girls

a novel

by

386 pages

English language

Published June 28, 2009 by Washington Square Press.

ISBN:
978-0-7432-9426-3
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OCLC Number:
232979351

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No longer famous, journalist Cannie Shapiro writes science fiction under a pen name while raising her teenage daughter, and considers her husband Peter's request to have Cannie's flamboyant sister provide surrogate services so that they can have a second child.

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reviewed Certain girls by Jennifer Weiner

Review of 'Certain girls' on 'Goodreads'

I loved this, and stayed up until 2am to finish it. Weiner is commonly tagged as 'chicklit', but she writes well. In this one, there's no romance. There is love, and loss, and struggling with mortality. And she's often very, very funny.

Subjects

  • Jewish women
  • Mothers and daughters
  • Single mothers
  • Child rearing
  • Fiction

Places

  • Philadelphia (Pa.)