Daphne Berg, influencer per diletto e baby-sitter per sopravvivenza, sta per compiere un grosso salto professionale: la famosa stilista Leela Thakoon l'ha scelta come modella per promuovere la sua linea di abbigliamento sui social. Ma questa non è la sola svolta inaspettata dell'estate: la sua ex migliore amica, la ricca e seducente Drue Cavanaugh, ricompare dopo anni dal loro ultimo litigio con un enorme favore da chiederle: farle da damigella d'onore al suo matrimonio, che si annuncia come il più glamour e social dell'estate. Alla fine Daphne cede alle suppliche di Drue, allettata anche dalla presenza di numerosi, affascinanti single tra gli invitati. La sera prima del matrimonio, la pittoresca Cape Cod si trasforma in una parata di vip e celebrità e la festa si rivela subito movimentata: mentre i genitori di Drue litigano burrascosamente tra loro in pubblico, Daphne incontra Nick, un misterioso ragazzo con il quale trascorre una notte di passione. Il risveglio, però, è ancora più sorprendente: non solo Nick è sparito, ma Drue viene trovata priva di vita nell'idromassaggio in terrazza. E così, in quell'estate imprevedibile, Daphne dovrà improvvisarsi anche detective, tra colpi di scena e sospetti.

"Un'estate alla grande" è un romanzo brillante sull'innegabile potere dell'amicizia e l'importanza di fare pace con se stesse durante tutti gli alti e bassi della vita. Un'autrice tradotta in tutto il mondo. Dal suo libro, "Brava a letto", sarà tratta una serie Tv HBO. Daphne Berg, influencer di Instagram plus-size per diletto e baby-sitter per sopravvivenza, sta per compiere un grosso salto professionale: la famosa stilista Leela Thakoon l'ha scelta come modella per promuovere i propri capi sui social. Ma questa non è la sola svolta inaspettata che la attende: la sua ex migliore amica, la ricca e seducente Drue Cavanaugh, ricompare dopo anni dal loro ultimo litigio con un enorme favore da chiederle: farle da damigella d'onore al suo matrimonio, che si annuncia come il più glamour e social dell'estate. Seppur dubbiosa, alla fine Daphne cede alle suppliche di Drue, allettata anche dalla presenza di affascinanti uomini single tra gli invitati. La sera prima del matrimonio, la pittoresca Cape Cod si trasforma in una parata di vip e celebrità e la festa prenuziale si rivela subito movimentata: mentre i genitori di Drue litigano burrascosamente tra loro in pubblico, Daphne incontra Nick, un misterioso ragazzo con il quale trascorre una notte di passione. Il risveglio, però, è ancora più sorprendente: non solo Nick è sparito, ma Drue viene trovata priva di vita nell'idromassaggio in terrazza. E così, in quell'estate imprevedibile, Daphne dovrà improvvisarsi anche detective, tra colpi di scena e papabili sospetti.

"Un'estate alla grande" è un romanzo brillante sull'innegabile potere dell'amicizia e l'importanza di fare pace con se stesse durante tutti gli alti e bassi della vita. Un'autrice tradotta in tutto il mondo. Dal suo libro, "Brava a letto", sarà tratta una serie tv HBO. Daphne Berg, influencer di Instagram plus-size per diletto e baby-sitter per sopravvivenza, sta per compiere un grosso salto professionale: la famosa stilista Leela Thakoon l'ha scelta come modella per promuovere i propri capi sui social. Ma questa non è la sola svolta inaspettata che la attende: la sua ex migliore amica, la ricca e seducente Drue Cavanaugh, ricompare dopo anni dal loro ultimo litigio con un enorme favore da chiederle: farle da damigella d'onore al suo matrimonio, che si annuncia come il più glamour e social dell'estate. Seppur dubbiosa, alla fine Daphne cede alle suppliche di Drue, allettata anche dalla presenza di affascinanti uomini single tra gli invitati. La sera prima del matrimonio, la pittoresca Cape Cod si trasforma in una parata di vip e celebrità e la festa prenuziale si rivela subito movimentata: mentre i genitori di Drue litigano burrascosamente tra loro in pubblico, Daphne incontra Nick, un misterioso ragazzo con il quale trascorre una notte di passione. Il risveglio, però, è ancora più sorprendente: non solo Nick è sparito, ma Drue viene trovata priva di vita nell'idromassaggio in terrazza. E così, in quell'estate imprevedibile, Daphne dovrà improvvisarsi anche detective, tra colpi di scena e papabili sospetti.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and “one of the biggest names in popular fiction” (USA TODAY) comes a collection of personal essays as uproariously funny as the best of Tina Fey and Nora Ephron.

In her forty-something years, bestselling novelist Jennifer Weiner has gone from feeling like an outsider in her picturesque Connecticut hometown (“a Lane Bryant outtake in an Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue”), to being a Princeton graduate, to a successful newspaper reporter in Philadelphia, and, eventually, a mother, novelist, and occasional Hollywood boldfaced name.

Weiner’s hilarious and insightful chronicles of her life cover everything from her bad dates to her mother coming out of the closet at age fifty-four to casting a goat in her sitcom. Jennifer pairs her trademark sharp humor with disarming candor in this, her first nonfiction work. No subject is off limits, and that includes hearing her daughter use the F-word—fat—for the first time, and learning from the police that her estranged father had died in his girlfriend’s bathroom. Crazy-funny and deeply touching by turns, this collection will prove that the voice behind Jennifer Weiner’s beloved novels is every bit as endearing, smart, and quirky as it is in real life.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author and “one of the biggest names in popular fiction” (USA TODAY) comes a collection of personal essays as uproariously funny as the best of Tina Fey and Nora Ephron.

In her forty-something years, bestselling novelist Jennifer Weiner has gone from feeling like an outsider in her picturesque Connecticut hometown (“a Lane Bryant outtake in an Abercrombie & Fitch catalogue”), to being a Princeton graduate, to a successful newspaper reporter in Philadelphia, and, eventually, a mother, novelist, and occasional Hollywood boldfaced name.

Weiner’s hilarious and insightful chronicles of her life cover everything from her bad dates to her mother coming out of the closet at age fifty-four to casting a goat in her sitcom. Jennifer pairs her trademark sharp humor with disarming candor in this, her first nonfiction work. No subject is off limits, and that includes hearing her daughter use the F-word—fat—for the first time, and learning from the police that her estranged father had died in his girlfriend’s bathroom. Crazy-funny and deeply touching by turns, this collection will prove that the voice behind Jennifer Weiner’s beloved novels is every bit as endearing, smart, and quirky as it is in real life.

THE LITTLEST BIGFOOT - WEINER JENNIFER - Simon&Schuster

"From the "hilarious, heartbreaking, and insightful" (The Miami Herald) bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a sweeping, modern day fairy tale about first romance and lasting love. When the love you love is the one who got away... Rachel Blum and Andy Landis are just eight years old when they meet late one night in an ER waiting room. Born with a congenital heart defect, Rachel is a veteran of hospitals, and she's intrigued by the boy who shows up all alone with a broken arm. He tells her his name. She tells him a story. After Andy's taken back to a doctor and Rachel's sent back to her bed, they think they'll never see each other again. Rachel grows up wanting for nothing in a fancy Florida suburb, the popular and protected daughter of two doting parents. Andy grows up poor in Philadelphia with a single mom and a rare talent that will let him become one of the best runners of his generation. Over the next three decades, their paths cross in magical and ordinary ways. They make grand plans and dream big dreams as they grow together and apart in starts and stops. Through it all, Andy and Rachel never stop thinking about that night in the hospital waiting room all of those years ago, a chance encounter that changed the course of both of their lives. In this captivating, often witty tale about the bonds between women and men, love and fate, and the truth about happy endings, Jennifer Weiner delivers two of her most memorable characters and a love story you'll never forget"--

From the “hilarious, heartbreaking, and insightful” (The Miami Herald) bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a sweeping, modern day fairy tale about first romance and lasting love.

Rachel Blum and Andy Landis are eight years old when they meet late one night in an ER waiting room. Born with a congenital heart defect, Rachel is a veteran of hospitals, and she’s intrigued by the boy who shows up all alone with a broken arm. He tells her his name. She tells him a story. After Andy’s taken back to the emergency room and Rachel’s sent back to her bed, they think they’ll never see each other again.

Rachel, the beloved, popular, and protected daughter of two doting parents, grows up wanting for nothing in a fancy Florida suburb. Andy grows up poor in Philadelphia with a single mom and a rare talent that will let him become one of the best runners of his generation.

Over the course of three decades, through high school and college, marriages and divorces, from the pinnacles of victory and the heartbreak of defeat, Andy and Rachel will find each other again and again, until they are finally given a chance to decide whether love can surmount difference and distance and if they’ve been running toward each other all along.

With honesty, wit, and clear-eyed observations about men and women, love and fate, and the truth about happy endings, Jennifer Weiner delivers two of her most memorable characters, and a love story you’ll never forget.

"Allison Weiss has a great job...a handsome husband...an adorable daughter...and a secret. Allison Weiss is a typical working mother, trying to balance a business, aging parents, a demanding daughter, and a marriage. But when the website she develops takes off, she finds herself challenged to the point of being completely overwhelmed. Her husband's becoming distant, her daughter's acting spoiled, her father is dealing with early Alzheimer's, and her mother's barely dealing at all. As she struggles to hold her home and work life together, and meet all of the needs of the people around her, Allison finds that the painkillers she was prescribed for a back injury help her deal with more than just physical discomfort--they help her feel calm and get her through her increasingly hectic days. Sure, she worries a bit that the bottles seem to empty a bit faster each week, but it's not like she's some Hollywood starlet partying all night, or a homeless person who's lost everything. It's not as if she has an actual problem. However, when Allison's use gets to the point that she can no longer control--or hide--it, she ends up in a world she never thought she'd experience outside of a movie theater: rehab. Amid the teenage heroin addicts, the alcoholic grandmothers, the barely-trained "recovery coaches," and the counselors who seem to believe that one mode of recovery fits all, Allison struggles to get her life back on track, even as she's convincing herself that she's not as bad off as the women around her. With a sparkling comedic touch and tender, true-to-life characterizations, All Fall Down is a tale of empowerment and redemption and Jennifer Weiner's richest, most absorbing and timely story yet"--

#1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner’s All Fall Down is now available from Encore for a great value!

Allison Weiss got her happy ending—a handsome husband, an adorable daughter, a job she loves, and the big house in the suburbs. But while waiting in the pediatrician’s office, she opens a magazine to a quiz about addiction and starts to wonder…Is a Percocet at the end of the day really different from a glass of wine? Is it such a bad thing to pop a Vicodin after a brutal Jump & Pump class…or if your husband ignores you? She tells herself that the pills help her make it through her days…but what if her increasing drug use, a habit that’s becoming expensive and hard to hide, is turning into her biggest problem of all?

Hailed as “a witty, realistic criticism on the modern age” (Boston Herald), this remarkable story of a woman’s fall into addiction and struggle to find her way back up again is Jennifer Weiner’s most masterful, moving, and celebrated work yet.

From #1 bestselling author Jennifer Weiner comes a haunting tale of addiction and obligation, secrets and redemption. Now available on CD and as an audio download for the first time!

Shannon Will is nearing thirty and has already made six trips to rehab (not that anyone’s counting). But this time, she swears, will be different. She’ll clean up her act, go to meetings, find a sponsor, and make a clean break with her past—starting with a new phone number.

But old ties aren’t so easy to sever. When Shannon’s new phone starts getting messages she was never meant to see, Shannon has to decide whether to risk getting involved, or stay safely disconnected.

Gripping, suspenseful, and smart, Disconnected is a riveting tale of addiction and obligation, secrets and redemption.

Allison Weiss got her happy ending — a handsome husband, an adorable little girl, a job she loves, and a big house in the suburbs. But when she’s in the pediatrician’s office with her daughter and a magazine flips open to a quiz about addiction, she starts to wonder whether her use of prescription pills is becoming a problem. On the one hand, it’s just prescription medication, the stuff her doctors give her. Is a Percocet at the end of a hard day really different than a glass of wine? Is it such a bad thing to pop a Vicodin after a brutal Jump & Pump class . . . or after your husband ignores you?

From Jennifer Weiner, one of America’s most celebrated and beloved writers, comes a new novel that takes on the controversial topic of women and addiction and proves to be her most absorbing and timely story yet.

Gillian Weiss has a great job…a gorgeous husband…an adorable daughter…and a secret.

On the outside, Gillian is a normal suburban mother—until a website she develops takes off, giving her more money than she ever dreamed of, and her life starts falling apart. Suddenly, her husband’s becoming distant, her daughter’s acting spoiled, her father is dealing with early Alzheimer’s, and her mother’s barely dealing at all. As she struggles to be a good daughter, a good mother, and a good wife, to run her business and serve as Class Mother in her daughter’s snooty private school (and maybe get to the gym every once in a while), Gillian finds that the prescription painkillers she took for a back injury help her deal with more than a just physical pain—they give her energy, help her feel calm, and let her get through her increasingly hectic days.

When her use gets to the point that she can no longer control it—or hide t—Gillian ends up in a world she never thought she’d experience outside of a movie theater: rehab. Amid the teenage heroin addicts, the alcoholic grandmothers, the barely trained “recovery coaches” and the overwhelmed counselors, Gillian struggles to get sober and ultimately rebuild a life where she can be a mother, a daughter, a friend, a professional success...and a woman in recovery.

With a sparkling comedic touch and tender, true-to-life characterizations, All Fall Down is another classic Jennifer Weiner tale of empowerment and redemption that will leave listeners laughing and crying to the end.

Blockbuster #1 New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner returns with an irresistible story about a young woman trying to make it in Hollywood…

At three years old, Ruth Saunders miraculously survives the car crash that takes her parents’ lives on the icy Massachusetts Turnpike. Her eccentric grandmother, who comes out of Florida retirement to care for young Ruth, nurtures her through years of surgeries, feeding her home-cooked meals, dispensing irreverent wisdom, and telling Ruth she’s beautiful, even though her scars will stay with her forever.

After college, Ruth pursues her dream of writing to Hollywood, heading west with her grandmother in tow, hoping to make it big in the world of TV. After years of failure and a badly broken heart, Ruth gets The Call—her show has been green-lit.

But Ruth’s happy ending is only the beginning, as she struggles with how television gets made: terrified (and terrifying) executives and actresses with their eyes on bigger prizes than Ruthie’s show. Add in an unrequited crush on the man who has been her mentor. Add to that her grandmother’s impending nuptials, and Ruth’s big break might just break her.

A rollicking ride on the Hollywood roller coaster, The Next Best Thing is a heartfelt story about a young woman searching for her own happily-ever-after in the land where dreams come true.

THE NEXT BEST THING - WEINER JENNIFER - Simon&Schuster uk

Jules, Annie, Bettina e India non potrebbero essere più diverse. Jules studia a Princeton ed è considerata da tutti uno schianto. Lei, però, non si è mai sentita a suo agio con i coetanei e ogni lunedì non vede l'ora di fuggire dall'università per raggiungere il centro commerciale più vicino. Lì non è costretta a fingere di essere cordiale-interessata-griffata-colta con una punta di trasgressione, può essere se stessa. Annie ha due figli che adora, un marito che ama da impazzire e una casa che, dopo la crisi, non può più permettersi. Impossibile chiedere aiuto a quell'arpia di sua sorella che non fa altro che sbandierare il conto in banca del marito, medico di successo, e criticare le sue scelte. Forse la soluzione per riuscire a salvare la casa esiste, ma non è detto che tutti in famiglia siano d'accordo. Bettina e India, rispettivamente 20 e 43 anni (anche se ne dichiara 38), sono figliastra e matrigna e non possono stare a meno di cento metri di distanza senza punzecchiarsi e litigare. Bettina teme che quella donna troppo giovane possa approfittarsi del padre per arrivare al suo portafoglio e lasciarlo con il cuore in pezzi. Sarà il caso o forse il destino a far intrecciare le loro vite grazie a un desiderio che quasi ogni donna serba nel proprio cuore: quello di diventare mamma.

Cannie Shapiro ha 28 anni. È carina, spiritosa e ha tanti amici. Cannie è sensuale, rotonda, formosa. La cosa non la turba più di tanto almeno fino al giorno in cui il quasi-ex-fidanzato, Bruce, giornalista per una popolare rivista di moda, non dedica alle sue rotondità un pezzo dal titolo: "Brava a letto. Amare una donna abbondante". Cannie è sconvolta, tanto più che Bruce rivela di considerare difinitivamente chiusa la loro relazione. Lo shock proietta Cannie in una dimensione fatta di dolore e insicurezza, ironia e incontri improbabili.