In Her Shoes: Summary and book reviews of In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner, plus links to an excerpt from In Her Shoes and a biography of Jennifer Weiner.

Maggie Feller is twenty-eight years old, has never held a job longer than three months, and dreams of stardom, the fulfillment of which has somehow sputtered despite the appearance of her left hip in a Will Smith video. Rose Feller is thirty years old, a fast-rising attorney at a big Philadelphia firm and in love with the absolute wrong man. Rose and Maggie's grandmother, Ella Hirsch, is ensconced in retirement-ville Florida, cramming her days with volunteer work that serves as penance for the death of her daughter. Ella hasn't' seen Rose or Maggie since the funeral, decades ago. In Her Shoes follows those three expertly realized and finely nuanced characters on an alternately hilarious and heartrending journey in search of contentment, connection-and each other.

Media Reviews

Library Journal - Rebecca Sturm Kelm Reworking the age-old theme that self-knowledge and acceptance are needed before love and happiness can be achieved, Weiner embroiders serious matters with threads of humor to produce a novel full of memorable characters and situations. Here's a novel that satisfies on many levels.   Publishers Weekly Weiner, a marvelously natural storyteller, blends humor and heartbreak to create an irresistible novel.

Recent Reader Reviews

Rated of 5 by Amanda Walker
In Her Shoes....or Mine?
Jennifer Weiner's book, In Her Shoes, is Dramatic and uncanny. I think women everywhere can relate to either one character or another. It is very well written, and ironically comical in it's own little way. I would recommend that any woman take a...   Read More

Rated of 5 by Jessica James
REVIEW OF IN HER SHOES
I enjoyed this book a lot, it made me laugh and cry altogether. I rooted for Maggie to follow her dreams and for Rose to find love. Jennifer Weiner is a brilliant author and did a very good job of writing this book. I recommend this book for...   Read More

Rated of 5 by Joann
It was such a great book! I couldn't stop turning the pages and with each new chapter, I could relate more and more to what Maggie and Rose were going through. It's definitely an awesome book to share with your sisters, moms, grandmas, friends, and...   Read More

Rated of 5 by E W
I enjoyed this book very much. It can relate every woman in different kind of way.

Rated of 5 by Amanda Wheeler
I can't wait for Little Earthquakes!

Rated of 5 by Kitsune
I really enjoyed this book. A few months ago I would have never considered reading anything that I once considered so incredibly "girly". Once I picked it up, though, it was difficult to put down. It was the kind of book that gets you...   Read More

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