I don't have photographic evidence - social media and camera phones were not a real thing, what a blessed time - but I'm pretty sure my jaw dropped multiple times throughout my first reading of Weiner's novel. I mean, it must have in order for me to still be able to recall specific moments from something I read nearly two decade, right? I can barely remember my own phone number some days! (Yes, I know it's a problem and I will start taking my fish oil pills again, mom - get off my back.) Because the first time I read Good in Bed, that book floored me.
The whole time I was watching this gorgeous, hilarious show, I kept thinking "I wish high school me had seen this." I think it would have floored me. Shrill, starring Aidy Bryant, is another story about a fat woman (also a writer!) finding her voice - realizing she's more than her weight, that her story is important, too. To be honest, it's because of the debut of the Hulu series Shrill. I've been thinking about Good in Bed a lot lately, and not just because of the anniversary.
I'm pretty sure my jaw dropped multiple times throughout my first reading of Weiner's novel. It's fun, over-the-top stuff for sure, but the novel is mostly about Cannie coming to terms with her weight, facing her deep-rooted self-esteem issues, and learning to love herself as she is.
She sells a screenplay and falls deeply in love with her doctor. Good in Bed is a modern day fairytale rom-com that tells the story of Cannie Shapiro, a size 16 journalist from Philadelphia whose ex-boyfriend publishes a magazine article about their relationship called Loving a Larger Woman, which sends her whole world into chaos. And given that I ended up reading the novel two years after its release, when I was a senior in high school - or, you know, when I was 18 - now that the novel is the same age I was when I first dove into its pages, I decided it was time to revisit a book that had so much impact on me as a teen. For the uninitiated, this month marks 18 years since Jennifer Weiner's New York Times best-seller Good in Bed was published.
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