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by Jennifer Weiner (Author)
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Garrison gives a fine reading of Weiner's collection of short stories about girls and women at various points in their lives (and one about a young man at a crossroads). As a narrator, Garrison's style is unobtrusive and understated; she reads with expression, drawing the listener into the story, but she does not create memorable character voices or give a "flashy" performance. She uses one basic voice for the protagonists of each story, and clearly differentiates between the main character and the supporting characters. The result is a narration that steps back and lets the author's words take center stage. Bridges, meanwhile, is excellent in his narration of the one tale from a male point of view-he does a great job voicing the drunk young men at a bachelor party, the Bronx-accented stripper who entertains the guest of honor, the one conflicted young man among them trying to decide whether to propose to his longtime girlfriend and the sensible girlfriend herself. Simultaneous release with the Atria hardcover (Reviews, Aug. 7).
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Stuck at home with her baby, a young mother wonders if her life would be better if she had stayed with her ex-boyfriend. To attract a young broker, she lists her apartment for sale. Characterized by the young voices of Mary Catherine Garrison and Jordan Bridges, the young women and men in these short stories are connected by the humanity of their situations. However, Garrison's voice is nasally; furthermore, she stabs at opening sentences with a brassy bark. While having a second narrator may make a difference in the tone and rhythm of the work, Bridges's delivery gives no shape to the stories or their characters. J.P. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Stories About Relationships, Jun 7 2009
In this book Jennifer Weiner presents a series of short stories that she wrote through nearly a full span of her life (college age to the present). In them she presents intimate portraits of various personalities and their relationships with an emphasis on family, love, and perhaps unusual disabilities or crosses to bear. Some of these are quasi autobiographical. In one she portrays Nicki, a sister who can't seem to get it together to get through college, who acts in outrageous ways but who finally lands on her feet through her good looks. In Swim Ruth, who has a facial defect due to an accident, finds time out and money through helping girls with their college applications. She has a momentary misbegotten love affair and tries to branch out into helping men with online dating portraits. She struggles to start another romance and to reenter her career as a scriptwriter. In Dora On The Beach two teenagers hijack an elderly woman for money and a vacation. The author has a clean and very accessible writing style. Translator's Kiss
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5.0 out of 5 stars PERFECT PAIRING OF NARRATORS, Oct 6 2006
By Gail Cooke (TX, USA) - See all my reviews
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Those drawn to the novels of Jennifer Weiner, especially Good In Bed and In Her Shoes (which was made into a major motion picture) will want to listen and probably listen again to this collection of her short stories. She has the ability to create characters to whom we easily relate, individuals cut from everyday life with all of our common foibles and gifts.

These 11 stories once again capture men and women during transitional and transforming times in their lives. "Just Desserts" and "Travels With Nicki," the two opening stories were written early in Weiner's career. They reflect, to a great extent, her own life experience - the effects of divorce on a once apparently close knit family.

Josie, the lead character, reflects her feelings with, ""I had heard them fighting at night, his hissing whispers and her tears, and I knew that for the last month he'd come home late, and for the last week, not at all, but I'd been telling myself I was worrying about nothing, that they were just going through a rough patch, that things were going to be fine."

In another tale (the title story) Marlie Davidow wonders about what might have been when she comes upon her ex boyfriend's online wedding registry. Here she is with a new baby, lonely, and it's late at night. What might have happened had she chosen him?

Sometimes a tender moment, at other times tough going, each story takes on the reality of life as it is today, especially when read by such talented actors as Mary Catherine Garrison and Jordan Bridges. Remembered for her guest appearances on TV's Law and Order as well as her Broadway performance in The Man Who Came to Dinner, Ms. Garrison has a winning voice that accurately captures both joy and pathos. Jordan Bridges is a gifted actor and well he should be as he's the son, nephew, and grandson of Beau, Jeff and Lloyd Bridges. His narration is articulate, powerful when strength is needed, always very much in sync with the character he currently inhabits.

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- Gail Cooke
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