a piece of literary GENIUS written by Jennifer Weiner (no, pervert ... its pronounced Way-Ner). synopsis-cized as follows:
"For twenty-eight years, things have been tripping along nicely for Cannie Shapiro. Sure, her
mother has come charging out of the closet, and her
father has long since dropped out of her world. But she loves her
friends, her rat terrier, Nifkin, and her job as pop culture reporter for The Philadelphia Examiner. She's even made a tenuous peace with her plus-size body.
But the day she opens up a national women's magazine and sees the words "Loving a Larger
Woman" above her ex-boyfriend's byline, Cannie is plunged into misery...and the most
amazing year of her life. From Philadelphia to Hollywood and back home again, she charts a new course for herself: mourning her losses, facing her past, and figuring out who she is and who she can become"
The release of this
book brought new meaning to the "chick lit" genre which previously consisted of
smut novels and other various forms of girlish literary works - that THAT stupid boys!
