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Binding: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: 2005-06-28
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This is the story of what comes after 'happily ever after' as three young wives make the journey into motherhood, and discover how it changes their sense of themselves and their relationships with friends and family. There's Becky, a plump, sexy chef, with an overworked husband, an adorable baby girl ...and the mother-in-law from hell. There's Kelly, an event planner who's trying to cram sixty hours of work into twenty-hour weeks, all while charting her baby's every move on a spreadsheet and hoping that her husband will pull his life together, pull on some pants, and find a job. And there's Ayinde, who is married to Philadelphia's most prominent basketball star, until the combination of new baby and infidelity threatens their marriage. As these three grow closer while attempting to put their lives in order, we also come to know Lia, who returns home to Philadelphia after her life in Los Angeles ends in horrible tragedy. By turns moving, funny, and inspiring, Little Earthquakes is a great big delicious read from a prodigiously talented author.
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Summary: Much more than a good 'beach read'
Comment: Like everything I've read by Jennifer Weiner, I absolutely adored this book. It featured real, fully realized and emotionally intelligent characters -- both men AND women. I fell in love with Becky, Ayinde, Kelly and Lia, so much so that I didn't even have to look up their names just now! I read the book more than a month ago and haven't stopped thinking about it.
While other reviewers have commented on the importance of motherhood in the book -- and this is clearly obvious -- I found the book to be about a lot more than simply women learning what it means to be parents. The novel was, for me, just as much about their relationships with one another -- how three of the women bonded through their pregnancies, and how Lia joined their circle slowly, tenderly. I actually found Lia to be the most fascinating character of all -- and the seamless, skilled unraveling of her story kept me riveted to the end.
I really did laugh and cry all through this novel, and don't think it's fair to generically slap a title like "beach read" on the book. While I, like many others, love good "fluffy" escapism, this book has real heart -- and is anything but fluff. I highly recommend it!
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Summary: Wonderment!
Comment: I loved this book!!!! it reminded me of sex in the city but with babies.... i am a mother of 3 with no life so i found myself envying these women who became and remained friends with their children.
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Summary: Another winner from Jennifer Weiner
Comment: This is the third book I read by jennifer Weiner, and like the previous two, I really liked it. This amazes me every time, because her stories, written by someone else, would be just another chick lit book, a light "beach read" - in fact this is what you expect when you read the synopsis on the back cover of the paperback.
Instead she manages to turn a somewhat drab story line into an interesting view into someone else's life: someone else who inevitably turns out to be interesting though not incredibly special, and always relatable. You never resent that her characters are so real, that they aren't more exotic: because you get sucked into how real it all sounds, how possible it all is. And at that point, the book has long stopped being just another chick flick and has turned into something that is so close to real life to be biographic, but it's never boring, never showy (like many biographic tales are).
Jennifer Weiner is not just a great writer and a great story teller, but she's obviously a deeply empathic person too: for how else could she capture the voices of her characters so well, without ever sounding sappy or trite?
Thank you Ms. Weiner, for showing us once again that a great writer doesn't have to write in big words and boring philosophical abstracts! And for showing that "chick lit" can be well written and intelligent.
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Summary: Thoroughly entertaining
Comment: This was the very first book I had ever read by Jennifer Weiner. And I'm glad I took the time out to read her work. This book was so entertaining. It was a page turner, funny and had very believable characters. I am a new fan of her work. And I can't wait to read another one of her novels.
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Summary: Great Story!
Comment: This is a perfect book to read by the pool, before bed, at the beach, or anywhere. Jennifer Weiner is a fabulous author!
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