New Releases by Jennifer Weiner

In this free collection of excerpts, enjoy a taste of all of Jennifer Weiner’s bestselling novels.

Après Des amies de toujours, Jennifer Weiner signe une nouvelle comédie pleine de charme et de justesse sur les relations familiales. Le secret d''un mariage réussi ? Pour Sylvie, la réponse tient en un mot : Sacrifices. Et la femme du célèbre sénateur Richard Woodruff sait de quoi elle parle. Des années à surveiller sa ligne, à sourire sur commande, à faire entrer de force ses filles Diana et Lizzie dans le moule de la petite famille parfaite, et tout ça pour quoi ? Pour finir à la une des journaux, rubrique "Epouse d''homme politique trompée". Mais, pour Sylvie, hors de question de se laisser abattre. Armée de bon vin et de chocolat, elle décide d''aller méditer à la campagne. Mission numéro un : reprendre enfin sa vie en main. Mission numéro deux : soutenir ses filles elles-mêmes en pleine crise existentielle.

J''ai survécu à une histoire d''amour calamiteuse qui m''a quand même offert une fille extraordinaire, Joy, j''assume enfin mes rondeurs, mon roman est toujours un succès et mon nouveau mari Peter une perle rare... Je m''appelle Candace Shapiro et je suis comblée ! Bon, je vous l''accorde, tout n''est pas complètement rose : ma chère et tendre fille de 13 ans est une ado en puissance, et Peter veut un bébé... Ma mère est trop envahissante ! Elle a écrit un roman nul que tout le inonde adore sauf moi, elle m''étouffe avec son porridge et ses attentions, sans compter ses petits secrets avec Peter... En plus, elle est capable de choisir la robe la plus moche pour ma bat-mitsvah. Mais je ne vais pas me laisser faire ! Candace et Joy : mère et fille pour le meilleur et pour le rire !

Popular television personality Valerie Adler turns to her long-forgotten, Illinois hometown friend Addie Downs when she runs into a bit of trouble involving betrayal and loyalty, family history and small-town secrets.

Una delle più acclamate autrici americane torna con una grande storia d''amore e di amicizia

Sometimes all you can do is fly away home . . . When Sylvie Serfer met Richard Woodruff in law school, she had wild curls, wide hips, and lots of opinions. Decades later, Sylvie has remade herself as the ideal politician’s wife—her hair dyed and straightened, her hippie-chick wardrobe replaced by tailored knit suits. At fifty-seven, she ruefully acknowledges that her job is staying twenty pounds thinner than she was in her twenties and tending to her husband, the senator. Lizzie, the Woodruffs’ younger daughter, is at twenty-four a recovering addict, whose mantra HALT (Hungry? Angry? Lonely? Tired?) helps her keep her life under control. Still, trouble always seems to find her. Her older sister, Diana, an emergency room physician, has everything Lizzie failed to achieve—a husband, a young son, the perfect home—and yet she’s trapped in a loveless marriage. With temptation waiting in one of the ER’s exam rooms, she finds herself craving more. After Richard’s extramarital affair makes headlines, the three women are drawn into the painful glare of the national spotlight. Once the press conference is over, each is forced to reconsider her life, who she is and who she is meant to be. Written with an irresistible blend of heartbreak and hilarity, Fly Away Home is an unforgettable story of a mother and two daughters who after a lifetime of distance finally learn to find refuge in one another.

From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes "a smart, witty fairy tale for grownups" (Maureen Corrigan, NPR). Addie Downs and Valerie Adler will be best friends forever. That’s what Addie believes after Valerie moves across the street when they’re both nine years old. But in the wake of betrayal during their teenage years, Val is swept into the popular crowd, while mousy, sullen Addie becomes her school’s scapegoat. Flash-forward fifteen years. Valerie Adler has found a measure of fame and fortune working as the weathergirl at the local TV station. Addie Downs lives alone in her parents’ house in their small hometown of Pleasant Ridge, Illinois, caring for a troubled brother and trying to meet Prince Charming on the Internet. She’s just returned from Bad Date #6 when she opens her door to find her long-gone best friend standing there, a terrified look on her face and blood on the sleeve of her coat. "Something horrible has happened," Val tells Addie, "and you’re the only one who can help." Best Friends Forever is a grand, hilarious, edge-of-your-seat adventure; a story about betrayal and loyalty, family history and small-town secrets. It’s about living through tragedy, finding love where you least expect it, and the ties that keep best friends together

From the bestselling author of In Her Shoes, All Fall Down and the forthcoming novel Who Do You Love, Good in Bedis a funny and tender story full of heart. Cannie Shapiro never wanted to be famous. The smart, sharp, plus-sized reporter was perfectly happy writing about other people''s lives for her local newspaper. And for the past twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie. Sure, her mother has come charging out of the closet, and her father has long since dropped out of her world. But she loves her job, her friends, her dog and her life. She loves her apartment and her commodious, quilt-lined bed. She has made a tenuous peace with her body and she even felt okay about ending her relationship with her boyfriend Bruce. But now this... ''Loving a larger woman is an act of courage in our world,'' Bruce has written in a national woman''s magazine. And Cannie - who never knew that Bruce saw her as a larger woman, or thought that loving her was an act of courage - is plunged into misery, and the most amazing year of her life.

Rose Feller is thirty years old, a high-powered attorney, with a secret passion for romance novels, an exercise regime she''s going to start next week, and dreams of a man who will slide off her glasses, gaze into her eyes, and tell her that she''s beautiful. Meet Rose''s sister Maggie. Twenty-eight years old, drop-dead gorgeous and only occasionally employed, Maggie is a backing singer in a band called Whiskered Biscuit. She dreams of fame and fortune -- and of getting her dowdy big sister to stick to a skin-care regime. These two women with nothing in common but a childhood tragedy, shared DNA, and the same size feet, are about to learn that their family is more different than they ever imagined, and that they''re more alike than they''d ever believe. The brilliant new novel by Jennifer Weiner, Who Do You Love, will be released in August 2015.

From the bestselling author of "Good in Bed" comes a new collection of stories.

Kate vit dans le Connecticut avec son mari avocat, leur petite fille et leurs jumeaux. Fort occupée, elle s''ennuie cependant dans la petite ville bien pensante où elle demeure. Quand sa voisine Kitty l''appelle pour lui proposer un déjeuner, elle ne se doute pas que ce tout petit évènement va changer sa vie. En effet, elle retrouve Kitty assassinée, un couteau planté dans le dos.

The best and brightest writter of chick lit.

A los 28 anos, Cannie Shapiro cree que su vida ha sido razonablemente feliz. Es una periodista de reconocido talento, a quien sus amigos consideran divertida e independiente. Quiza demasiado agobiada por “sus eternos problemas de peso” y los constantes conflictos con los hombres, esta siempre dispuesta a ver el lado comico de las cosas y es capaz de reaccionar con ironia frente a las situaciones mas dificiles. Ese sentido del humor le permite aceptar con filosofia la separacion temporal que, despues de tres anos de relacion, le propone su novio Bruce. Pero cuando ojea la revista femenina de moda y descubre un texto firmado por su anterior pareja, se siente destrozada por un articulo que considera una humillacion publica. En su articulo, Bruce no solamente describe con todo detalle aspectos muy intimos de su vida sexual, tambien se refiere claramente a las inseguridades de Cannie y a su constante batalla contra la bascula. Herida y con la autoestima por los suelos, buscara consuelo en la ginebra y refugio en el afecto inquebrantable de su perro Nifkin. Pero Nifkin solo puede ladrar para consolarle y las consecuencias de la ginebra no son lo que se dice muy recomendables. Asi que Cannie decidira que ha llegado el momento de dar un giro a su vida. ?Hacia donde? Cuando una chica como Cannie se propone cambiar, las consecuencias son siempre imprevisibles.