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An exceptional collection of stories that is sure to take the industry by storm. Here is Jennifer Weiner at her very best, with eleven magical, heartbreaking, and hilarious tales about a lifetime's worth of winning and losing at love--beginning with a story about the relationship between teenage siblings, and spanning every generation through to an old woman's unlikely connection with two young girls. The audiobook will feature selected Unabridgedd short stories from the following list:1. JUST DESSERTS The first three stories of this collection introduce us to the Krystal family--Weiner's take on Updike's Maples and Salinger's Glass clan--recounting the lives of three teenage siblings in the wake of their father's departure and their mother's constant retreat to their backyard swimming pool, primarily through the experiences of the younger sister who takes a summer job as a soda jerk at Friendly's.2. TRAVELS WITH PENNY The Krystal sisters, now both in college, travel to Florida for a family visit with their grandmother. A truly hilarious portrait of the difficult Penny Krystal. 3. THE WEDDING BEDJosie Krystal is joined by her sister and brother on the eve of her wedding day, in this remarkable tale of letting go of lost love and accepting the life we are given. 4. SWIM The story of a young woman who cares for her grandmother in Los Angeles and writes college application essays for spoiled high school students, in turn avoiding her true calling as a screenwriter, until she finds herself forever changed by one of her young charges. A delightful story about having faith in our dreams. 5. BUYER'S MARKETA Manhattan career gal falls for the handsome realtor who sells her neighbor's apartment, after which she foolishly places her own apartment on the market, and surprisingly finds it sells quickly to an outrageously rude woman who is buying it for her son. Homelessness, hilarity, and romance ensue in this delightful tale of a crush gone very wrong. 6. GOOD MEN (revised, first appeared in Red Dress Ink's Girls' Night In, 2004)A prequel to Good in Bed and the story of Bruce Guberman's trepidations about his commitment to Cannie and his plans to kidnap Nifkin during a very funny all-night bachelor's party. A moving portrait of men's fears about commitment and love. 7. THE GUY NOT TAKEN (revised, first appeared in Glamour, 2005, optioned by DreamWorks Pictures)A newly married woman happens upon her ex-boyfriend's wedding registry and wonders what life would have been like if she'd ended up with him after all--only to wake up and find her dream, for better and worst, has come true. 8. THE MOTHER'S HOUR A haunting, stunningly written story of a mother in her mid-thirties who befriends a teenage mom during their weekly "Mother's Hour" meetings. 9. ORANGES FROM FLORIDA (revised, first appeared in Redbook, 1993)A lonely man inadvertently finds love by pretending to be a radio station employee after a young boy calls asking what he won. Rather than explaining to the boy he has the wrong number, the man tells him "Oranges from Florida" and then throws in one hundred dollars as well. The man drops the prizes off at the boy's house, and meets the boy's very concerned, and divorced, mother, with whom he finds an inadvertent connection.10. TOUR OF DUTY (revised, first appeared in Seventeen. 1992)A heartbreaking story about a mother and her teenage son who are going the rounds, visiting eastern ivy league colleges, and as we learn, she does not know how to tell him that his father has left and is moving out while during their weekend away. 11. DORA ON THE BEACH An old woman who has retired to a seniors' community at the Jersey Shore is kidnapped at gunpoint by two young girls, in this redemptive story of the similarities between the young and old, and how these characters allowed their losses in life define them, and then gained from their unlikely meeting.
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