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When Weiner was 16, her father abandoned the family. He died of a crack cocaine overdose in 2008. [3] Her first novel, Good in Bed, is loosely based on her young-adult life: like the main character, Cannie Shapiro, Weiner's parents divorced when she was 16, and her mother came out as a lesbian at age 55.
The investigation revealed that the crime was not a robbery but instead a kill-for-hire orchestrated by the couple's daughter Jennifer Pan (born June 17, 1986). She had expected to inherit her parents' money and was angered that they had forbidden her to see her boyfriend after they discovered she had been deceiving them about her education.
Good In Bed is the debut novel of Jennifer Weiner. It tells the story of an overweight Jewish female journalist, her love and work life and her emotional abuse issues with her father. [1] The novel was a New York Times Best Seller and as of 2020 is being adapted into a film produced by and starring Mindy Kaling for HBO Max.
The author of 'The Summer Place' and 'The Breakaway' on Sigrid Nunez, 'The Handmaid's Tale,' and the Book That Shaped Her Worldview.
Rosie O'Donnell is speaking out after her daughter was charged with felony child neglect and drug possession charges.. Last month, the 62-year-old comedian’s eldest daughter, Chelsea Belle O ...
Rosie O’Donnell has spoken out on her daughter’s recent arrests for child neglect and drug possession, saying that “sadly this is not new for our family.”. The 62-year-old comedian and ...
Weiner was born in Brooklyn in New York City, the middle son of Jewish parents, Mort Weiner, a lawyer, and his wife, Frances (née Finkelstein), a public high school math teacher. [4] [5] The family lived for a time in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. Weiner attended elementary school at P.S. 39 The Henry Bristow School.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...