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In Her Shoes
Author: Jennifer Weiner

Book Information
Publisher: Atria
Book Type: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9780743418195 - ISBN-10: 0743418190
Pages: 432


Other Versions of this Book: Paperback, Audio Cassette (Abridged), Audio CD (Abridged), Hardcover

Book Description:
Meet Rose Feller. She's thirty years old and a 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 that she's beautiful. She also dreams of getting her fantastically screwed-up little sister to get her life together.

Meet Rose's sister, Maggie. Twenty-eight years old, drop-dead gorgeous and only occasionally employed, Maggie sings backup in a band called Whiskered Biscuit. Although her dreams of big-screen stardom haven't progressed past her left hip's appearance in a Will Smith video, Maggie dreams of fame and fortune -- and of getting her dowdy big sister to stick to a skin-care regime.

These two women with nothing in common but a childhood tragedy, shared DNA, and the same size feet, are about to learn that their family is more different than they ever imagined, and that they're more alike than they'd ever believe. In Her Shoes -- Jennifer Weiner's follow-up to her critically acclaimed debut, Good in Bed -- observes Rose and Maggie, the brain and the beauty, as they make journeys of discovery that take them from the streets of Philadelphia to Ivy League libraries to a "retirement community for active seniors" in Boca Raton. Along the way, they'll encounter a wild cast of characters -- from a stepmother who's into recreational Botox to a small, disdainful pug with no name. They'll borrow shoes and clothes and boyfriends, and make peace with their most intimate enemies -- each other.

Funny and poignant, richly detailed and wrenchingly real, In Her Shoes will speak to anyone who has endured the bonds of big -- or little -- sisterhood, or longed for a life different from the one the world has dictated, and dreamed of trying something else on for size.

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Top Member Book Reviews

Eve B. (Eve-thebooknut) wrote on 12/19/2005...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

this book has been referred to as being "hilarious," well I found it to be anything but hilarious. It's about two sisters and their journey back to each other. Rose is quiet and reserved, itelligent and a lawyer, her sister ( Maggie) is gorgeous, not exactly brainy, men flock all over her, she mooches, in inconsiderate... To get back at her sister for being so good she decides to sleep with Rose's boyfriend. Rose finds them in bed and orders both of them out of her life. Maggie has no where to turn and ends up homeless for some time...So, it's not exactly your hahahahaha every moment type of book. The writing is rich and the storyline is good.

Laura S. wrote on 1/6/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

LOVED this book. Great chick lit about an older sister, younger reckless sister, and the family ties that bind. Great book!

Jennah G. (jennitude) wrote on 5/16/2006...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

I really loved this book. Having a sister myself, the dynamic between the two sisters in this book is very believable! I thought it was well written and I was not dissapointed in it at all. I've read "Good In Bed" and this is definitely a nice book for new Jennifer Weiner fans.

(lipstix) wrote on 4/5/2009...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Ooohhh...I think this one was very relatable for a lot of ladies out there. I've seen this kind of relationship in several of my women friends. The movie was just as great as the book.

Cheryl (Toni) J. (toni) wrote on 4/20/2007...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Very enjoyable! better than the movie, and I enjoyed the movie!

J. Kaye O. (judithkaye2006) wrote on 7/16/2006...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

One of the best books I have read in a long time. I read her first book, Good In Bed, and didn't think she could write one that was better. This author surprised me. I see why it went on to become a motion picture.

Erika Y. (buttaflies79) wrote on 7/23/2005...

1 member(s) found this review helpful.

Loved this book as much as Good in Bed....Jennifer Weiner is my favorite author :)


Please Rate these Book Reviews

Jill M. wrote on 10/27/2008...


Great book!

Diana R. (screamingbirdsmom) wrote on 3/19/2007...


Another fun read by Jennifer Weiner!

Kim C. wrote on 6/2/2006...


Not as good as Good in Bed, but very enjoyable

Paulette G. wrote on 3/24/2006...


One of my all time favorite books!

Sandra H. (herseykisses) wrote on 2/4/2006...


Good book, read it before the coming out of the movie.

Milly W. (nonombre) wrote on 1/11/2006...


Enjoyable.

Jeanie C. (ahceinaej) wrote on 6/25/2005...


I actually enjoyed this book a lot. Two sisters at odds with one another grown and learn to love each other.

Kristin (CozyLover) wrote on 6/15/2005...


It took me a while to like Maggie, one of the main characters. She was so shallow, such a lying, stealing, self-centered person. Yet, thorughout the book she underwent some amazing changes and become a most likable character. Looking back, you can see that her former personality was due to the harshness of her childhood and manifested as her way of dealing with things. Of becoming the person everyone had said she was. A very good read. Kept me hooked through to the end.



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