Goodnight Nobody - Softcover

Weiner, Jennifer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0743468961 ISBN 13: 9780743468961

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

Title: Goodnight Nobody <>Binding: Paperback <>Author: JenniferWeiner <>Publisher: WashingtonSquarePress

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Review

Goodnight Nobody is bestselling author Jennifer Weiner's attempt at writing a mystery, with a healthy dose of the author's chick lit sensibilities thrown in for good measure. While this Desperate Housewives meets Sex in the City murder mystery won't make readers shake in their Manolo Blahniks, it will provide the obligatory humor and compassion to which fans of Weiner's Good in Bed, In Her Shoes, and Little Earthquakes have grown accustomed.

Kate Klein is a feisty, charmingly insecure Connecticut housewife who trades in a life of late-night karaoke sing-a-longs and West Village brunches with her best friend Janie for a world of mini-vans and Mommy and Me pilates classes. Life in Upchurch, Connecticut, heats up when Kate discovers picture-perfect wife and mother Kitty Cavanaugh dead on the pickled maple hardwood floor of her recently remodeled kitchen. A former chronicler of celebrity gossip, Kate takes it upon herself to solve the mystery of Kitty's murder and the disappearance of Lexi Hagen-Holdt, another Upchurch supermom. Along the way, the mysteries and disappointments in Kate's personal life begin to unravel, including her marriage to the kind-yet-uptight Ben, and her unresolved crush on Evan McKenna, a former neighbor with whom a one-night tryst ended in disaster. Thrown in for comic relief, and perhaps to show the depth of Weiner's talents as a writer, are Kate's twin boys and adorably sophisticated 5-year old daughter Sophie ("Sophie was sitting on the toilet, applying lipstick and waiting her turn...").

Goodnight Nobody is chock full of plot twists and turns which can be overwhelming and superfluous. However, Weiner's charm and grace are usually enough to rescue readers from these moments of confusion, and reaffirm our commitment to this endearing contemporary voice. --Gisele Toueg

Review

"Hilarious . . . begs to be read in one sitting."

-- "Philadelphia Inquirer"

"Hilarious . . . begs to be read in one sitting."-- "Philadelphia Inquirer"

"A "Peyton Place" for the 21st century, only more modern, hip, and funny than the original." -- "The Boston Globe"

"Hilarious . . . begs to be read in one sitting." -- Philadelphia Inquirer

"Weiner's got a brilliant eye for social stratum, character sketches, and rendering of suburban atmospherics." -- The Washington Post Book World

"A Peyton Place for the 21st century, only more modern, hip, and funny than the original." -- The Boston Globe

"Weiner's sharp wit, crisp writing, and wry observations are all abundant in Goodnight Nobody." -- Miami Herald

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0743468961
• ISBN 13: 9780743468961
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 452