{"id":4967,"date":"2020-05-12T11:36:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T15:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=4967"},"modified":"2020-05-11T11:39:08","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T15:39:08","slug":"mrs-everything-by-jennifer-weiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/?p=4967","title":{"rendered":"Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title: <\/strong>Big Summer<\/em>
Author: <\/strong>Jennifer Weiner
Publisher: <\/strong>Atria Books
Source: <\/strong>Netgalley in exchange for an honest review<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sexy and satisfying, Big Summer<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0is the perfect quarantine read.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201dUSA TODAY<\/i><\/b>

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The beach read to end all beach reads.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201dEntertainment Weekly<\/i><\/b>

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Big fun, and then some. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s empowering and surprising\u00e2\u20ac\u201da reminder to put down the phone and enjoy each moment for what it is.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201dThe Washington Post<\/i><\/b>

A deliciously funny, remarkably poignant, and simply unputdownable novel about the power of friendship, the lure of frenemies, and the importance of making peace with yourself through all life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ups and down. From the #1\u00c2\u00a0New York Times<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0bestselling author of\u00c2\u00a0Good in Bed<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0and\u00c2\u00a0Best Friends Forever<\/i>,\u00c2\u00a0Big Summer<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0is the perfect escape with one of the most lovable heroines to come to the page in years.<\/b>

Six years after the fight that ended their friendship, Daphne Berg is shocked when Drue Cavanaugh walks back into her life, looking as lovely and successful as ever, with a massive favor to ask. Daphne hasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t spoken one word to Drue in all this time\u00e2\u20ac\u201dshe doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even hate-follow her ex-best friend on social media\u00e2\u20ac\u201dso when Drue asks if she will be her maid-of-honor at the society wedding of the summer, Daphne is rightfully speechless.

Drue was always the one who had everything\u00e2\u20ac\u201dexcept the ability to hold onto friends. Meanwhile, Daphne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s no longer the same self-effacing sidekick she was back in high school. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s built a life that she loves, including a growing career as a plus-size Instagram influencer. Letting glamorous, seductive Drue back into her life is risky, but it comes with an invitation to spend a weekend in a waterfront Cape Cod mansion. When Drue begs and pleads and dangles the prospect of cute single guys, Daphne finds herself powerless as ever to resist her friend\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s siren song.

A sparkling novel about the complexities of female relationships, the pitfalls of living out loud and online, and the resilience of the human heart,\u00c2\u00a0Big Summer<\/i>\u00c2\u00a0is a witty, moving story about family, friendship, and figuring out what matters most.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

My reaction to this book would be head exploding emoji followed by screaming face emoji and ending with a smiling emoji.<\/p>\n

I finished this on the heels of Mrs. Everything<\/em>. Both novels feature female main characters doing the best they can, and trying to navigate relationships, but couldn’t be more different in style, tone, or plot.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

The head exploding emoji is because I was blown away that this was written by the same person as Mrs. Everything<\/em>. The screaming face emoji because the plot took a turn and it went from an empowerment book into a mystery complete with Scooby gang. The smiling emoji is how I felt about it at the end. Happy I read it and so glad that my life is nothing like most of the characters.<\/p>\n

This was a perfect read while staying at home to flatten the curve during the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic. It brought back happy memories of Top Sail beach vacations I’ve taken in the past. It was dramatic but it wasn’t serious and heavy.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n

This was published on 5\/5\/2020 and already has over 80 people on the waiting list at my local library. I’m sure this will be a spring\/summer hit.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Title: Big SummerAuthor: Jennifer WeinerPublisher: Atria BooksSource: Netgalley in exchange for an honest review \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Sexy and satisfying, Big Summer\u00c2\u00a0is the perfect quarantine read.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201dUSA TODAY \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The beach read to end all beach reads.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d \u00e2\u20ac\u201dEntertainment Weekly \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Big fun, and then some. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s empowering and surprising\u00e2\u20ac\u201da reminder to put down the phone and enjoy each moment for… Continue reading Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[856,479],"class_list":["post-4967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-review","tag-big-summer","tag-jennifer-weiner","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4967"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4969,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4967\/revisions\/4969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}