The lives of four very different women intertwine in unexpected ways in this new novel by bestselling author Jennifer Weiner (In Her Shoes; Best... read full description
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Jun 30, 2011
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I read this book in one sitting--which is something I don't always manage to do with all the books I read. Sometimes I read as many as five books at a time, but when a book is so good that I can't put it down, that is always a good sign.
I've been a fan of Ms. Weiner's from the beginning, and I'm happy to report that she is back with her latest novel, which tells the story of several woman who start off as strangers, completely unknown to one another. The book has her signature shout- More...
I've been a fan of Ms. Weiner's from the beginning, and I'm happy to report that she is back with her latest novel, which tells the story of several woman who start off as strangers, completely unknown to one another. The book has her signature shout- More...
Jan 26, 2012
Alison
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In hindsight I really enjoyed this book; however, it was a bit difficult to follow in the beginning. As the story unfolds, we meet four main characters: Jules, single, who is in need of money to send her father through rehab; Annie who needs money to help support her husband and two sons; India who is married to a very wealthy man and yearns to have a child; and Bettina, India's step-daughter who is suspicious of India, her background, and her professed love for Bettina's father. Each chapte
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Dec 21, 2011
Jamie
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I'm a huge fan of Jennifer Weiner, especially of her earlier novels such as "Good in Bed" and "In Her Shoes." I love her characters and the voices she portrays for them. I was hoping I would enjoy reading about the four women in "Then Came You."
We have: Jules, a senior at Princeton who is considering donating her eggs and using the money to help her alcohol-addicted father. Annie, a stay-at-home mom of two young boys who is considering unusual options fo More...
We have: Jules, a senior at Princeton who is considering donating her eggs and using the money to help her alcohol-addicted father. Annie, a stay-at-home mom of two young boys who is considering unusual options fo More...
Sep 19, 2011
Kari
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Through a small gift (small in size, not in importance), four women, with completely different lives will come together in the life-weaving story Then Came You.
Jules is a Princeton student, by scholarship, not a silver spoon, is offered a deal she can’t refuse. It comes in the form of a hefty check for her “eggs”. It’s her one chance to give her father what he needs, rehab.
Annie is a mother of two boys. She married her high school sweetheart, but wants more. Not necessarily More...
Jules is a Princeton student, by scholarship, not a silver spoon, is offered a deal she can’t refuse. It comes in the form of a hefty check for her “eggs”. It’s her one chance to give her father what he needs, rehab.
Annie is a mother of two boys. She married her high school sweetheart, but wants more. Not necessarily More...
Sep 06, 2011
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Jennifer Weiner has a way with words -- there's no doubt about that. She has an ease with the written word that carries the reader along easily, and is descriptive and funny.
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Having a way with words doesn't make for a great book, any more than being a good actress makes a great movie. There's so much more to it.
I fear that JW is a one-note writer, the way Goldie Hawn (to carry on the actress metaphor) is a one-note actress. No matter what movie Goldie is in, she More...
But.
Having a way with words doesn't make for a great book, any more than being a good actress makes a great movie. There's so much more to it.
I fear that JW is a one-note writer, the way Goldie Hawn (to carry on the actress metaphor) is a one-note actress. No matter what movie Goldie is in, she More...
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Sep 05, 2011
Meichler
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Hooray! I knew I didn't not give up on Jennifer Weiner's books for a reason. After really not liking her past few stories (really since Little Earthquakes), Then Came You returns Weiner to her style of good story telling, good character development - just a good, light, fun book. Is it amazing? No. But the story is good, the characters are well developed - for the most part, with the exception of one, I really liked all of them and cared about all of their stories (the exception being Betti
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Aug 31, 2011
Liz
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Ok, so here's my thing: As with every Jenifer Weiner book, this one is readable - if you're stuck on an airplane, you'll keep reading this and it will be a perfectly fine way to pass the time -- but also as with every Jennifer Weiner book, this one is full of people you will never, ever meet or be able to relate to, and that bumps the annoying factor up by like, ten.
The basic idea is a good one: weave the stories of three women who come together to have baby -- the egg donor, the sur More...
The basic idea is a good one: weave the stories of three women who come together to have baby -- the egg donor, the sur More...
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Aug 24, 2011
Emily
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I still can't tell you what made me want to pick up this book, since I so rarely read grown-up books. But pick it up I did. And it was okay. But it wasn't great.
My biggest complaint is that there wasn't a good way to tell how much time had passed in the story. Other than the epilogue, which had a year attached to it, I have no idea how much time passed in the story, and certainly not from one chapter to the next. In fact, things that were mentioned in one chapter would not have hap More...
My biggest complaint is that there wasn't a good way to tell how much time had passed in the story. Other than the epilogue, which had a year attached to it, I have no idea how much time passed in the story, and certainly not from one chapter to the next. In fact, things that were mentioned in one chapter would not have hap More...
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Aug 16, 2011
Maureen
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I think this might have been my favorite of Jennifer Weiner's books to date - and that says a lot since Good In Bed has topped my list since it was published!
This book was both complex and relatable and the characters were more real than any of her previous books. Weiner consistently writes imperfect, yet still likable, characters which makes her work more interesting. However, in this book, the characters were not only imperfect but downright unlikable at times. They did things that w More...
This book was both complex and relatable and the characters were more real than any of her previous books. Weiner consistently writes imperfect, yet still likable, characters which makes her work more interesting. However, in this book, the characters were not only imperfect but downright unlikable at times. They did things that w More...
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Aug 15, 2011
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The lives of four very different women intertwine in unexpected ways in this new novel by bestselling author Jennifer Weiner (Then Came You; Best Friends Forever). Each woman has a problem: Princeton senior Jules Wildgren needs money to help her dad cure his addiction; Pennsylvania housewife Annie Barrow is gasping to stay financially afloat; India Bishop yearns to have a
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Aug 13, 2011
Cindy
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Every once in a while, a book comes along that stands out from the rest. When all of the elements--unique story, outstanding characters,and excellent writing--combine to form a book that you simply can't put down and don't want to end. Then Came You is such a book.
India marries Marcus, a wealthy man who she loves more than she ever thought possible. He's considerate, loving, and more than anything else, makes India feel wanted and secure.
India wants a baby, but she has probl More...
India marries Marcus, a wealthy man who she loves more than she ever thought possible. He's considerate, loving, and more than anything else, makes India feel wanted and secure.
India wants a baby, but she has probl More...
Aug 13, 2011
Mary Anne
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I found this newest book by Jennifer Weiner a real page turner. That is after I got the characters sorted out in my mind. At first it was very confusing the way the different characters told their story - not only in the present, but during other time periods. Each of the characters was unique and it was interestign to see how their stories all came together in the end. There was India, who had a less than ideal childhood which got worse when her grandparents died. She then married very you
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Aug 12, 2011
Marla
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We all have a past. We all have a future. We all have things in life that make both seem unbearable.
Four women's lives come together and intertwine in ways they never could have imagined. Julia, the Princeton student with a seedy family secret; Annie, the stay-at-home mother who settled down with her high school sweetheart and needs to find a way of helping her family make ends meet; Bettina, the Vassar student and daughter of a business mogul with a broken heart; India, the middle-age More...
Four women's lives come together and intertwine in ways they never could have imagined. Julia, the Princeton student with a seedy family secret; Annie, the stay-at-home mother who settled down with her high school sweetheart and needs to find a way of helping her family make ends meet; Bettina, the Vassar student and daughter of a business mogul with a broken heart; India, the middle-age More...
Aug 10, 2011
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India Bishop reinvented herself from a past she wants to forget to a present she’s proud of, she has her own PR firm and she just met the man of her dreams, wealthy beyond belief Marcus Croft. After a whirl-wind courtship they marry and even at their age she’s 39 (43) he’s mid 50’s they decide to have a baby.
Bettina Croft, doting daughter of Marcus knows right away what India is, a fake, a gold digger and only after her father’s money and she’s going to do the right thing. Have her investig More...
Bettina Croft, doting daughter of Marcus knows right away what India is, a fake, a gold digger and only after her father’s money and she’s going to do the right thing. Have her investig More...
Aug 08, 2011
Melinda
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This post may not make very much sense. I just--as in 5 minutes ago--finished this book and I'm still trying to figure out what I thought of it.
I don't usually read chick-lit, and I don't consider Jennifer Weiner to be a chick-lit author. She, however, does consider herself to be such an author so I guess she is my exception to my no chick-lit rule. I have read all of her books and liked most of them. As usual, I had this book on pre-order as soon as Amazon had it listed.
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I don't usually read chick-lit, and I don't consider Jennifer Weiner to be a chick-lit author. She, however, does consider herself to be such an author so I guess she is my exception to my no chick-lit rule. I have read all of her books and liked most of them. As usual, I had this book on pre-order as soon as Amazon had it listed.
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Jul 31, 2011
Sheila
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I almost didn't finish this book. Each chapter is written by a different character in the book. A young girl, Jules is approached by a man working for a fertility clinic to recruit her to be a donor of her eggs. Annie, a caucasian young mother, married to a black man, Frank decides to become a surrogate mother because they have purchased an older home in need of repairs. A 43 year old woman, India posing as a 38 year old marries a wealthy man in his 50's. His daughter, Bettina suspects she is af
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Jul 24, 2011
Virginia
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"Then Came You", by Jennifer Weiner, is about those who are privileged to have the power of choice, and those who make the most of their own very limited choices. Egg donation, surrogacy, awakening sexuality, substance abuse, the role-reversal of an adult child caring for a parent, and loves both lost and found all play a role in the lives of four very different women. The people in this story, both the men and the women, are not perfect. Some are really rather unlikable. However, they
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Aug 11, 2011
Katherine
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I always enjoy Weiner's writing far more than I do her plots. She's a snappy, entertaining writer, but the last book of hers I actually liked was Good in Bed--and that was her first. But it's a compliment to her writing that I have continue to read most--but not all--of her books, hoping she'd find a way to bring her storylines up to the level of her writing.
It's a backhanded compliment to say that this one is better than the others, but that's how I ended up feeling--still not there, More...
It's a backhanded compliment to say that this one is better than the others, but that's how I ended up feeling--still not there, More...
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Aug 11, 2011
Samantha
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The idea for this story was fanfrickintastic. The execution was abysmal. In Little Earthquakes, Weiner successfully alternated between multiple female narrators. This time around, not so much. The narrator (one of four) would be going about her daily life and suddenly, she'd be flashing back to her senior year of high school, or her dad's DUI when she was 14, or her mom running away to an ashram with her yogi, and then blah blah back to the present. By the time <spoiler>two of the characte
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Jul 19, 2011
Ashley
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Jennifer Weiner takes the looking glass and focuses it on the choices we make--as women, as men, as college graduates, as daughters, as friends, as wives--and spins them all together to create her latest novel, Then Came You.
This book is primarily about how, sometimes in life, the ends justify the means. The four women who take the stage in Wieners latest novel are a departure from the down trodden, longing for love, size 16 heroin we're used to. Weiner introduces us to these ladies More...
This book is primarily about how, sometimes in life, the ends justify the means. The four women who take the stage in Wieners latest novel are a departure from the down trodden, longing for love, size 16 heroin we're used to. Weiner introduces us to these ladies More...
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Jan 03, 2012
Nicole
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Then Came You follows four very different women as their lives become entangled and connected through conception, as viewed in the modern world. One is a recent college graduate and an egg donor... one is a young mother of two and a surrogate... one is a forty-something who cannot conceive... and one is the daughter of a multimillionaire with reservations about the intentions of her new stepmother. I have to admit, I wasn't expecting much going into this book. For one, I don't like romantic n
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Nov 26, 2011
Ashwaq
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Who would've thought that a baby can bring four troubled women together? and that same baby be the reason for so much struggle and revelations? if you didn't, then come read this..
Having a baby must come natural for most women. However, our own 'unique' women did have their baby in the most unusual way. Jules, Anne, Bettina and India are ordinary women who have their own dreams and sorrows like all women do. Jules, donated her egg, Anne became the surrogate, India is the intended mothe More...
Having a baby must come natural for most women. However, our own 'unique' women did have their baby in the most unusual way. Jules, Anne, Bettina and India are ordinary women who have their own dreams and sorrows like all women do. Jules, donated her egg, Anne became the surrogate, India is the intended mothe More...
Jul 11, 2011
Hira
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This was a wonderful book, and yet another reminder of why we all love Jennifer Weiner and her wonderful novels. The fact is, author Weiner has a knack for creating characters that the reader can easily relate to, and characters that a reader cannot help but become attached to.
"Then Came You" is no exception to this legacy, and Jennifer Weiner has created not one, but four marvelous characters that are note-worthy. India Bishop wants to have a child, and despite all her wealt More...
"Then Came You" is no exception to this legacy, and Jennifer Weiner has created not one, but four marvelous characters that are note-worthy. India Bishop wants to have a child, and despite all her wealt More...
Feb 11, 2012
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The old saying ‘it takes a village to raise a child’ has never been truer than in this day and age. Although it’s not so much ‘raising’ but the ‘conceiving’ that can now take upwards of three people, as four women are about to discover. . .
There’s the egg-donor, Jules, an attractive college student who wants to put the $20,000 towards her father’s drug rehabilitation.
Annie is a stay-at-home mother of two, with a husband working two jobs and studying at night. Though onl More...
There’s the egg-donor, Jules, an attractive college student who wants to put the $20,000 towards her father’s drug rehabilitation.
Annie is a stay-at-home mother of two, with a husband working two jobs and studying at night. Though onl More...
Sep 09, 2011
Stacy
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This book was not at all what I thought it was going to be, and the synopsis I read didn't really explain it well at all.
There are four women, not really with intertwining stories at all (though Bettina and India's stories intersect pretty early on) and they are all sort of connected through a fertility clinic. The author does not seem to think very highly of IVF or surrogate parenting, that's not really obvious or anything it was just my feeling. The stories are all harrowing; women More...
There are four women, not really with intertwining stories at all (though Bettina and India's stories intersect pretty early on) and they are all sort of connected through a fertility clinic. The author does not seem to think very highly of IVF or surrogate parenting, that's not really obvious or anything it was just my feeling. The stories are all harrowing; women More...
Aug 10, 2011
Jennifer
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The Good Stuff
* many glimpses of Jennifer Weiner's wonderful sense of humor very much apparent, not enough for my personal taste, but its still there
* Love that the character of India wasn't stereotypical trophy wife, she actually had some depth and you could see how she came to be the way she was
* very realistic and honest relationships
* Really enjoyed how all the stories came together so well
* Loved the ending - actually cried (It was a little More...
* many glimpses of Jennifer Weiner's wonderful sense of humor very much apparent, not enough for my personal taste, but its still there
* Love that the character of India wasn't stereotypical trophy wife, she actually had some depth and you could see how she came to be the way she was
* very realistic and honest relationships
* Really enjoyed how all the stories came together so well
* Loved the ending - actually cried (It was a little More...
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Aug 09, 2011
Aileen
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This book is about a group of 4 women
Jules Strauss- Is an intelligent college student her father is an
Addict and she is ashamed of him. She’s offered a chance to make twenty
thousand dollars, which she can use to help her father into rehab, is
it too late?
Annie Barrow – Is married to Frank with 2 boys they have struggled for
years with money she has found a way to make extra money however with
her husband and family not agreeing it’s not a good idea wil More...
Jules Strauss- Is an intelligent college student her father is an
Addict and she is ashamed of him. She’s offered a chance to make twenty
thousand dollars, which she can use to help her father into rehab, is
it too late?
Annie Barrow – Is married to Frank with 2 boys they have struggled for
years with money she has found a way to make extra money however with
her husband and family not agreeing it’s not a good idea wil More...
Nov 15, 2011
Carolyn
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I started out reading this book with interest, you have 4 women who are interestingly linked to a surogacy pregancy. As the story unfolds, and you get closer and closer to the birth, you also get the backstories of these women, which adds to the drama of it all.
I find surogate births a very interesting topic for debate, so I'm glad I'm reading it with a book club group.
We have Julie, the egg donor, who's raising money to help her father get into rehab. Julie would have ha More...
I find surogate births a very interesting topic for debate, so I'm glad I'm reading it with a book club group.
We have Julie, the egg donor, who's raising money to help her father get into rehab. Julie would have ha More...
Aug 29, 2011
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This story centers around a baby and four women. India is married to a very wealthy business mogul in NYC. She is his 'trophy wife'. Marcus is in his late 50's and she is in her early 40's, though she only admits to late 30's. Bettina is her stepdaughter, who regards India as a gold-digger and still has hopes of her mother and father getting back together and restoring her family. (Her mother left her father to join and ashram in Arizona). India decides she wants to have a baby with Marcus, a
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Aug 14, 2011
Randi
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Yes, I loved Good In Bed, but not so many of J. Weiner's books since then -- however, I gotta say, this one pulled me in.
Yes, it's like all her books: predictable-to-the-almost-formulaic point. One character from column A -- tall, blond, busty, brainy, Princeton girl on full scholarship, so not wealthy; one from column B: happy-homemaker wondering if there's more to life than she has, thinks $ may solve her problems; one from column C: rich girl with mommy issues who worships mogul More...
Yes, it's like all her books: predictable-to-the-almost-formulaic point. One character from column A -- tall, blond, busty, brainy, Princeton girl on full scholarship, so not wealthy; one from column B: happy-homemaker wondering if there's more to life than she has, thinks $ may solve her problems; one from column C: rich girl with mommy issues who worships mogul More...
