false 80536 20 Jennifer Weiner, whose novels <I>Good in Bed</I> and <I>In Her Shoes</I> earned her a place among women's book club aficionados everywhere, proves she still has the touch with <I>Little Earthquakes</I>, a tale of love, heartbreak, redemption, and friendship. Weiner's novel centers around four new mothers, all of whom must learn to adjust their lives and their marriages to deal with the challenges of raising children.<p> Ayinde is a beautiful, biracial newscaster who moves to Philadelphia after her husband, a star player for the NBA, is traded to the 76ers. She meets Becky, an overweight chef who plays the "pregnant or just fat" game every time she passes a mirror, and Kelly, an overachieving event planner who has her whole life mapped out down to the most minute details, after going into labor at a prenatal yoga class. The three become fast friends, and come to rely on each other for everything from burping techniques to intense emotional support. The group grows to include Lia, a semi-famous Hollywood starlet who leaves her husband and returns to Philly after a sudden tragedy. <p> While <I>Little Earthquakes</I> may leave little to the imagination, and some of the characters are laughably stereotypical (the Mama's boy Jewish doctor and the cheating ball player, to name a few), it is Weiner's gift for creating compelling characters with whom her readers can identify that make her such a successful storyteller. <I>--Gisele Toueg</I> 3111329 book 2004 Little Earthquakes total:12511|5:48|4:106|3:104|2:28|1:4| 12511 45812 15214 1188 4 2 false false Mon Oct 17 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Apr 09 08:41:06 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 09 08:41:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 27 06:23:18 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 06:24:33 -0800 2009 Good In Bed, but there was a lot that I liked about this book, too. Once again, the author ha...more...]]> 5 2 true false Sat Aug 30 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 23 18:16:32 -0700 2008 Sat Nov 07 17:24:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 07 05:29:26 -0800 2007 Wed Mar 07 05:34:01 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Apr 30 23:09:22 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 23:15:32 -0700 2008
I did like the detail she went into in the supporting cast though. She easily could have left them all sort of one-dimensional, but she...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon Apr 02 10:37:48 -0700 2007 Mon Apr 09 13:25:12 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 11 10:23:56 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 17:15:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 3 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 07:24:45 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 07:26:46 -0700 2009 the moon is half a lemon pie.
The mice who stole the other half
have scattered star-crums in the sky.
Bye and bye,
bye and bye,
my darling baby, don't you cry.
The moon is still above the hill.
The soft clouds gather in the sky...]]> 3 0 false true Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 17:46:17 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 02 18:00:13 -0700 2009
There were parts of this book that I really liked and others that seemed a little too forced, one drama after another. I really liked how i...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 22:46:49 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 22:46:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 28 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Dec 19 17:22:20 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 17:22:46 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 03 08:04:39 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 17 10:26:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sat Jan 26 23:04:47 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 23:08:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 22 09:41:44 -0700 2008 Sat May 03 16:21:07 -0700 2008 Biggest problem with the book: A book about naive young mothers should not be read by a seasoned veter...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 19 06:34:52 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 19 08:39:39 -0800 2009 Good in Bed and In Her Shoes does better is that they make the reader think a little more. They pull the reader in, make friends, and ask, "What woul...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 06 11:59:56 -0800 2009 Sat Apr 04 18:28:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 11 12:23:57 -0700 2008 Fri May 16 16:05:20 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 15:50:05 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 11:47:48 -0700 2009
I did not expect to like this book at all, and was kind of hesitant to begin it, not knowing what to expect.

Never before has a book I was tentative about reading grabbed hold of me, hurled me into the story, seduced me to the very end. I never expected this book to be on...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 21:22:47 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 15:52:58 -0700 2009
I fo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 12:07:14 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 05:42:46 -0800 2008 more...]]>