In Her Shoes, Jennifer Weiner
In Her Shoes, Jennifer Weiner
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In Her Shoes

Author: Jennifer Weiner

Narrator: Barbara McCulloh

Unabridged: 15 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/15/2011


Synopsis

From Jennifer Weiner comes a story of two sisters with nothing in common but a love for shoes learn they are more alike than they thought possible.

Meet Rose Feller, a thirty-year-old high-powered attorney with a secret passion for romance novels. She has an exercise regime she's going to start next week, and she dreams of a man who will slide off her glasses, gaze into her eyes, and tell her she's beautiful. She also dreams of getting her fantastically screwed-up, semi-employed little sister to straighten up and fly right.

Meet Rose's sister, Maggie. Twenty-eight years old and drop-dead gorgeous. Although her big-screen stardom hasn't progressed past her left hip's appearance in a Will Smith video, Maggie dreams of fame and fortune -- and of getting her big sister on a skin-care regimen.

These two women, who claim to have nothing in common but a childhood tragedy, DNA, and the same size feet, are about to learn that they're more alike than they'd ever imagined. Along the way, they'll encounter a diverse cast of characters -- from a stepmother who's into recreational Botox to a disdainful pug with no name. They'll borrow shoes and clothes and boyfriends, and eventually make peace with their most intimate enemies -- each other.

About Jennifer Weiner

American author, Jennifer Weiner, was born in 1970 into a Jewish family in DeRidder, Louisiana. Her father was an army physician stationed there. In 1971, her family moved to Simsbury, Connecticut where Jennifer grew up, but at the age of 16, Jennifer's father abandoned his family. The divorce was very traumatic to Jennifer and her siblings. Her father died of a crack cocaine overdose in 2008. Then, her mother came out as a lesbian when she was 55 years of age.

After graduating high school, where Jennifer was one of only nine Jewish students in a class of 400, she attended Princeton University at the young age of 17. She graduated summa cum laude with an A.B. in English. She had written her thesis entitled, "Never Far From Mother- On the Uses of Essentialism in Novels and Films". Her thesis served her well in setting up her credentials for her current career. She studied under several notable, successful authors and playwrights. Her first published story appeared in Seventeen magazine, entitled, "Tour of Duty".

Jennifer Weiner's books have been on the NYT best sellers list for five years. She has sold 11 million copies in 36 countries. She has written op-eds for the Philadelphia Inquirer and the New York Times. Jennifer had two very popular op-eds for the Sunday Review.......Mean Girls in the Retirement Home and Another Thing to Hate About Ourselves. They have been reprinted in newspapers across the world. So used her platform to encourage women to improve their self-esteem and body images.

Jennifer's first novel, Good in Bed, was published in 2001, followed by, In Her Shoes, in 2002. The latter was made into a movie starring Cameron Diaz, Toni Collette, and Shirley MacLaine.


Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Laura on 2007-10-30 22:02:46

I just couldnt get through this book. I read 3/4 of it and had to just stop! I think the movie is much better!

Goodreads review by Sharon on December 24, 2022

This book is not the genre or type of book I typically read. I have not seen the movie. So I was very surprised that this became a page-turning book for me. At it's core, it is a book about family love and dysfunction due to tragedy, second marriages, betrayal between sisters, body-shaming, job chang......more

Goodreads review by Karen on January 21, 2009

This book was surprisingly enjoyable - a lot better than some of the other chick lit shit I've read. I would have given it another star, but the movie (which I've seen many more times than I should probably admit) did a much better job of building a story arc and tying up the various plot lines. To......more

Goodreads review by Mar on November 27, 2024

3.5/5 Okay, so this is about Rose and Maggie Feller. 2 sisters that have some sort of love hate relationship with each other. They’re all complete opposites. Maggie has always been the pretty one, the one who knows how to put some make up on and always look good, the one all boys want to get but not......more

Goodreads review by Alison on February 22, 2008

Jennifer Weiner can write funny passages. There's the 80-something woman who uses her new computer to print fake parking permits. The fussy pug that prefers more elegant surroundings. Maggie's attempt to get into the MTV VJ auditions. I did grin a few times while reading this book. But glimmers of si......more

Goodreads review by Rachels_booknook_ on March 22, 2023

I rarely say this, but maybe I should have just watched the movie. I tried to ignore the fact that this book didn’t age that well, and focus on the general things I liked. The writing style worked well enough for me, and the premise seemed catchy. Unfortunately all of the characters were awful, whic......more