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by: Jennifer Weiner
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780743470124
ISBN: 0743470125
Label: Washington Square Press
Manufacturer: Washington Square Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 400
Publication Date: May 02, 2006
Publisher: Washington Square Press
Release Date: May 02, 2006
Sales Rank: 19283
Studio: Washington Square Press
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For Kate Klein, a semi-accidental mother of three, suburbia has been full of unpleasant surprises. Her once-loving husband is hardly ever home. The supermommies on the playground routinely snub her. Her days are spent carpooling and enduring endless games of Candy Land, and at night, most of her orgasms are of the do-it-yourself variety.
When a fellow mother is murdered, Kate finds that the unsolved mystery is the most exciting thing to happen in Upchurch, Connecticut, since her neighbors broke ground for a guesthouse and cracked their septic tank. Even though the local police chief warns her that crime-fighting's a job best left to the professionals, Kate launches an unofficial investigation -- from 8:45 to 11:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, when her kids are in nursery school.
As Kate is drawn deeper into the murdered woman's past, she begins to uncover the secrets and lies behind Upchurch's picket-fence facade -- and considers the choices and compromises all modern women make as they navigate between marriage and independence, small towns and big cities, being a mother and having a life of one's own.
Amazon.com 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
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - A little disappointing but moments of humor
This was not my favorite Jennifer Weiner novel but it had its moments in describing the infamous playground crew in suburbia: "The other Upchurch toddlers had never seen so much as a minute of television. They didn't have tantrums that made us late for school...or occasion parent-teacher conferences because of their talent-show choices."
Funny insight as to the "perfect Mommy syndrom" of the perfectly coiffed, well-heeled and model-like bodies of the suburban Upchurch versus the former ... Read More
Rating:  - A fun spin on mystery
I laughed at the antics of the main character & found her crime-solving entertaining. It kept me reading, as I liked the character's real take on loving her kids while realizing need to be someone besides a caretaker. Also found the insight into attempting to make a life in one of America's most affluent neighborhood's interesting & realistic for a woman who doesn't put on a false face for her neighbor's. I found the novel simply fun to read!
Rating:  - I was disappointed
This was the first time I read a novel by Jennifer Weiner. I was expecting a laugh a minute but didn't get it. Sure there was plenty of humorous dialog and funny situations. I did laugh! But I tired of the descriptions of baggy pants and XL sweaters midway through. Kate was defined by her poor fashion sense and her inability to cook. None of the characters had enough guts to them to keep me interested. And the end was so dark and disturbing it made me wonder what the point was.
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Rating: - Loved this Weiner Book!
Wow, I was expecting to see rave reviews for "Goodnight Nobody" and was surprised people didn't find it as fun as I did. This is my favorite JW book so far and I was really hoping she'd decide to write a second book as a follow up. I thought the dialog was crisp and interesting. Loved the cast of characters and the past that kept creeping up on Kate as she tried to solve the mysterious death of her neighbor. It wasn't so much the 'mystery' involved as it was the fact that Kate was using it as a spring ... Read More
Rating: - Author tries to do too much, but made me laugh
Jennifer Weiner tackles multiple genres in Goodnight Nobody. Isolated mother of three Kate Klein is disconcerted to receive her first invitation from one of the model mommies of Upchurch Connecticut, or "Tal-bots" as Kate calls them. Since moving to Upchurch from Manhattan she feels frumpy and incompetent in comparison to the other preschool mothers who are perfectly dressed, always in control, and never let anything that isn't organic pass the lips of their little darlings. When Kate shows up at the ... Read More
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