false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166661052m/14755.jpg 14755 11 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.<P><P>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 <I>Good in Bed's</i> 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.<P><P><I>The Guy Not Taken</i> 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.<P><P> 3363757 book 5 9 2006 The Guy Not Taken: Stories total:4897|5:484|4:1296|3:1976|2:907|1:235| 4897 15577 6861 636 2 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jul 05 12:16:24 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 12 12:09:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 07:28:09 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 31 09:01:56 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 18:48:49 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 06 18:54:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 20:49:11 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 31 20:58:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon May 11 13:37:56 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 13:47:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Apr 28 12:34:40 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 11:56:48 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 12:34:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Dec 27 14:28:50 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 14:37:57 -0800 2008
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