This is a book you'll want to lend to your friends. Just make sure you get it back, you may want to read it more than once. The common thread through all the stories is Weiner's voice, her ease in any situation humorous, serious or sad. These are Weiner characters:three-dimensional, with the ability to pull you in and make you forget you're reading fiction.

Jennifer Weiner's talent shines like never before in this collection of short stories, following the tender, often hilarious, progress of love and relationships over the course of a lifetime.

We meet Marlie Davidow, home alone with her new baby late one night, when she wanders onto her ex's online wedding registry and wonders what if she had wound up with the guy not taken We find Jessica Norton list.ins her beloved river-view apartment in the hope of winning her broker's heart. And we follow an unlikely friendship between two very different new mothers, and the choices that bring them together--and pull them apart.

The Guy Not Taken demonstrates Weiner's amazing ability to create characters who "feel like they could be your best friend" (Janet Maslin) and to find hope and humor, longing and love in the hidden corners of our common experiences.

 JUST DESSERTS

TRAVELS WITH NICKI

THE WEDDING BED

SWIM

GOOD MEN

BUYER'S MARKET

THE GuY NOT TAKEN

THE MOTHER'S HOUR

ORANGES FROM FLORIDA

TOUR OF DUTY

DORA ON THE BEACH

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

AUTHOR'S NOTES ON STORIES

A CONVERSATION WITH JENNIFER WEINER

QUESTIONS AND TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION