Recalculating, Jennifer Weiner
Recalculating, Jennifer Weiner
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Recalculating
An eShort Story

Author: Jennifer Weiner

Narrator: Susan Bennett

Unabridged: 1 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/23/2012


Synopsis

After Maureen's husband dies, she imagines that the years of abuse are over, but while looking for the Halloween decorations in the attic, Maureen finds a gift-wrapped GPS with her name on the box: an early birthday present from her late husband. When the voice from the machine starts giving her sinister directions, she learns that sometimes the dead are restless...and she's locked in a battle not just for her life but for her soul.

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

Goodreads review by Delee on February 11, 2014

This was just...weird, and not a good weird- in my humble opinion. I found myself laughing in places I shouldn't be laughing, and there was a lot of rolling my eyes...where there probably shouldn't have been eye rolling... Maureen is a 54-year-old housewife- she lives in a suburban home in a tiny Pen......more

Goodreads review by Debbie "DJ" on September 24, 2015

Gotta say my favorite part of this short book was GPS machine. Yup, still have one that I've never updated. Oh my, recalculating, recalculating, recalculating! The story here involves a GPS, but not a very nice one! The actual story was just okay. I actually think there was a lot of potential here,......more

Goodreads review by Colleen on March 01, 2012

I am a huge fan of Jennifer Weiner and have read all of her books. I find her characters funny, endearing and very easy to relate to. This being said, I was really excited to see she had a short story ebook out. After reading it, however, I have trouble comparing this story to her other work at all.......more

Goodreads review by LiteraryMarie on November 01, 2011

On Friday, I saw a tweet from one of my favorite authors, Jennifer Weiner. "Check out the cover for Recalculating. On sale Monday! Links to come." So like the nosy Twitter addict I am, I clicked the link and saw the cover. Consider my interest piqued. So I replied to her tweet saying that I didn't k......more