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In Her Shoes
Author: Jennifer Weiner
Book Information
Publisher: Atria
Book Type: Hardcover
Rating: 102

ISBN-13: 9780743418195 - ISBN-10: 0743418190
Pages: 432

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


Top Member Reviews

Eve B. (Eve-thebooknut) from LIVONIA, MI wrote on 12/19/2005...

2 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. from RICHMOND, VA wrote on 1/6/2007...

1 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) from HURST, TX wrote on 5/16/2006...

1 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.


Rate These Member Reviews

Jill M. from MARLTON, NJ wrote on 10/27/2008...


Great book!

Cheryl (Toni) J. (toni) from HILLSBOROUGH, NC wrote on 4/20/2007...


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

Diana R. (screamingbirdsmom) from TEMECULA, CA wrote on 3/19/2007...


Another fun read by Jennifer Weiner!

J. Kaye O. (judithkaye2006) from BATON ROUGE, LA wrote on 7/16/2006...


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.

Kim C. from LAGRANGEVILLE, NY wrote on 6/2/2006...


Not as good as Good in Bed, but very enjoyable

Paulette G. from CHICAGO, IL wrote on 3/24/2006...


One of my all time favorite books!

Sandra H. (herseykisses) from ST AUGUSTINE, FL wrote on 2/4/2006...


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

Milly W. (nonombre) from N CAPE MAY, NJ wrote on 1/11/2006...


Enjoyable.

Erika Y. (buttaflies79) from ROME, NY wrote on 7/23/2005...


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

Jeanie C. (ahceinaej) from NEW YORK, NY 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.