Good in Bed (20th Anniversary Edition): A Novel

Product Description
Rediscover the modern classic than launched the career of the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Mrs. Everything and Big Summer with this beautiful anniversary edition of her “contemporary Cinderella tale told with intelligence, wit, and style” (Susan Isaacs, New York Times bestselling author).
For twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie Shapiro. 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 friends, her rat terrier, and her job as pop culture reporter for
The Philadelphia Examiner. She’s finally even made a tenuous peace with her plus-size body.
But when she opens up a national women’s magazine and sees the words “Loving a Larger Woman” above her ex-boyfriend’s byline, Cannie is plunged into misery…and the most amazing year of her life. From Philadelphia to Hollywood and back home again, she charts a new course for herself: mourning her losses, facing her past, and figuring out who she is and who she can become.
An unforgettable novel full of charm and heart, “
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ood In Bed offers a sensitive telling of a life familiar to many and a humorous take on how the struggle can end in joy” (Associated Press).
Review
"Funny, fanciful, extremely poignant and rich with insight." ―
The Boston Globe
“A fresh, funny look at a woman who conquers her obsessions with food, figure, family, and finding a nice Jewish boy—with wit and style.” ―
Glamour
"A delight...a contemporary Cinderella tale told with intelligence, wit, and style." -- New York Times bestselling author Susan Isaacs
"A crackling debut...Cannie emerges as one of the most engaging, realistic female characters in years." ―
Entertainment Weekly, Grade: A
"This season's beach-book Queen for a Day." -- Janet Maslin, New York Times
“A breezy, sweetly oddball urban fairy tale . . . endow[ed] with a lot of brassy heart.” ―
Miami Herald
About the Author
Jennifer Weiner is the #1
New York Times bestselling author of eighteen books, including
Big Summer,
Mrs. Everything,
Good in Bed, and an essay collection,
Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing. A graduate of Princeton University and a frequent contributor to the
New York Times Opinion section, Jennifer lives with her family in Philadelphia. Visit her online at JenniferWeiner.com.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Good in Bed
ONE
“Have you seen it?” asked Samantha.
I leaned close to my computer so my editor wouldn’t hear me on a personal call.
“Seen what?”
“Oh, nothing. Never mind. We’ll talk when you get home.”
“Seen what?” I asked again.
“Nothing,” Samantha repeated.
“Samantha, you have never once called me in the middle of the day about nothing. Now come on. Spill.”
Samantha sighed. “Okay, but remember: Don’t shoot the messenger.”
Now I was getting worried.
“
Moxie. The new issue. Cannie, you have to go get one right now.”
“Why? What’s up? Am I one of the Fashion Faux Pas?”
“Just go to the lobby and get it. I’ll hold.”
This was important. Samantha was, in addition to being my best friend, also an associate at Lewis, Dommel, and Fenick. Samantha put people on hold, or had her assistant tell them she was in a meeting. Samantha herself did not hold. “It’s a sign of weakness,” she’d told me. I felt a small twinge of anxiety work its way down my spine.
I took the elevator to the lobby of the
Philadelphia Examiner, waved at the security guard, and walked to the small newsstand, where I found
Moxie on the rack next to its sister publications,
Cosmo and
Glamour and
Mademoiselle. It was hard to miss, what with the super-model in sequins beneath headlines blaring “Come Again: Multiple Orgasm Made Easy!” and “Ass-Tastic! Four Butt Blasters to Get Your Rear in Gear!” After a quick minute of deliberation, I grabbed a small bag of chocolate M&M’s, paid the gum-chomping cashier, and went back upstairs.
Samant