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    Guy Not Taken
    Guy Not Taken
    Guy Not Taken
    Audiobook7 hours

    Guy Not Taken

    Written by Jennifer Weiner

    Narrated by Jordan Bridges and Mary Catherine Garrison

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Jennifer Weiner's talent shines like never before in this collection of short stories, following the tender, often hilarious, progress of love and relationships over the course of a lifetime.

    We meet Marlie Davidow, home alone with her new baby late one night, when she wanders onto her ex's online wedding registry and wonders what if she had wound up with the guy not taken. We find Jessica Norton listing her beloved river-view apartment in the hope of winning her broker's heart. And we follow an unlikely friendship between two very different new mothers, and the choices that bring them together -- and pull them apart.

    The Guy Not Taken demonstrates Weiner's amazing ability to create characters who "feel like they could be your best friend" (Janet Maslin) and to find hope and humor, longing and love in the hidden corners of our common experiences.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJan 4, 2011
    ISBN9781442342453
    Guy Not Taken
    Author

    Jennifer Weiner

    Jennifer Weiner is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-one books, including The Summer Place, That Summer, Big Summer, Mrs. Everything, In Her Shoes, Good in Bed, and a memoir in essays, Hungry Heart. She has appeared on many national television programs, including Today and Good Morning America, and her work has been published in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, among other newspapers and magazines. Jennifer lives with her family in Philadelphia. Visit her online at JenniferWeiner.com.

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    • 5/5
      I loved this book as much as the rest of Jennifer weniers book.
    • 5/5
      A collection of excellent stories by Jennifer Weiner. The best stuff of hers I've read for a long time!
    • 3/5
      I like her books, although they are somewhat all the same. Her writing intrigues me--it's chick lit, but she's a good writer--and she's been successful. Some of these stories were quite good. I listened to it, though, and some of the readers were awful.
    • 2/5
      Not as good as her other books. If you can only read one Jennifer Weiner book, read "Good in Bed"
    • 3/5
      By and large, I enjoy short stories, and this novel was really not an exception from that. Some of the stories were engaging, and I found myself wanting more when I finished with them because I had fallen in love so with the characters. For the most part, however, the characters in the stories were somewhat bland and left a lot to be desired. This collection rates as mediocre, if only because there weren't enough stories that left me feeling ecstatic and satisfied to justify anything higher.
    • 4/5
      This diverse set of stories takes Weiner's readers beyond the single-girl in Philly formula and explores some deeper relationships. I like seeing a new side of her!
    • 4/5
      In these eleven short stories, Weiner tells stories of falling in love and falling out of love. The themes seem to be: children, divorce, the east coast, and Judaism. Although the short stories tell about the lives of different characters, many of them are experiencing similar life stages, emotions, or complications.Quote: “He’s sat across from girls like that in high school . . . laughing loudly and drinking too much and leaving with the first guy who’d whisper the word beautiful.”I liked this collection more than I thought I would- I’m not usually a huge fan of short stories, since I feel like I’m abandoning the characters just after getting to know what they’re about. This group of stories was pretty entertaining and showed a variety of lives and emotions, and how the same general situations can be interpreted differently by different people.
    • 3/5
      I liked the book. Some stories I liked more than others, but fact is: Weiner is a good author. The story Buyer's Market was so frustrating, I skipped parts of it. I could completely picture the situation in most of the stories. What I liked, is that she does not need a happy Hollywood ending for each story. That makes the stories a lot like real life. However, I still prefer her first three novels.
    • 3/5
      Some stories I really enjoyed, some I could have skipped. I enjoy her writing and her style though. I have read some of her books and she just touches me. She understands people and is able to convey her understanding to the page and then your heart.
    • 2/5
      I usually love her but by the time I cared about any of the characters their story was over.