Hungry Heart

Adventures in Life, Love, and Writing

By: Jennifer Weiner

Narrated by: Jennifer Weiner

“You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll want to read it again.” —theSkimm

“Fiercely funny, powerfully smart, and remarkably brave.” —Cheryl Strayed, author of Wild

A hilarious and candid essay collection from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner that explores everything from motherhood to grief.

Jennifer Weiner is many things: a bestselling author, a Twitter phenomenon, and an “unlikely feminist enforcer” (The New Yorker). She’s also a mom, a daughter, and a sister, a clumsy yogini, and a reality-TV devotee. In this “unflinching look at her own experiences” (Entertainment Weekly), Jennifer fashions tales of modern-day womanhood as uproariously funny and moving as the best of Nora Ephron and Tina Fey.

No subject is off-limits in these intimate and honest essays: sex, weight, envy, money, her mother’s coming out of the closet, her estranged father’s death. From lonely adolescence to hearing her six-year-old daughter say the F word—fat—for the first time, Jen dives into the heart of female experience, with the wit and candor that have endeared her to readers all over the world.

Lovely overall

Overall I enjoyed this greatly. Jennifer Weiner rocks her narration. I appreciated Jennifer's honestly, especially in her reveal of her brutal miscarriage. Occasionally I wondered how she couldn't see that she was rejecting others for the very reasons she felt rejected. But mostly I was impressed by her stellar and engaging writing and her willingness to share.

Needed editing!

I was interested in Jennifer Weiner's story up to the point when she published her first novel. After that the story was repetitious

I wanted this book to be awesome.

I adore all of Je. Over Weiner's books. And when I saw a new one was being released I couldn't wait to read it. I was still excited when I read that it was a memoir. But I just didn't love it. I think Jennifer is a talented writer whose characters connect and resonate with her fans. However, I found Jennifer, being Jennifer, was a bit of a whiner and made me dislike her. Case in point her discussing her father letting her down because she was pulled from the registration line at Princeton (could she not have referred to it as college?) and later having to take out, gasp, a student loan. Also, someone should have insisted on cutting the whole section about tweets and social media. Awful. I felt like she wasn't very relatable as a real person. Still love her books and will read her future writing. Just didn't love this book.

My favourite Jennifer Weiner book so far!

It's probably odd when you like one of your favourite authors' memoir best of all her great fiction you've read so far. That's probably my fault as sometimes I think works of fiction have to try too hard in today's marketplace to create the sufficient drama of a 3 act novel. Jennifer is so real and honest in this recounting of all she's been through to get to where she is. Her narration is fun and a pleasure to listen to. Whether you are struggling in life or not, and I think we are all struggling to some extent, I hope you'll give this a read or a listen. Even if you don't agree with everything she says or stands for, at least she stands. Well done Jennifer!

for lovers of all things Jenifer Weiner :)

It was a great insight to everything ms Weiner is. I love her humour and storytelling abilitys so much. I always call her my realism reading. Looking forward to more great works in the future. Love, your biggest fan of 18 yrs Amy Victoria