New York Times \;bestselling author Je nnifer Weiner chats about her \;New York Times \;bestselling novel s: \;Good In Bed\, \;In Her Shoes\, Big Summer\, The Breakaway \, \;and many more. \;
\nAdditionally\, Weiner will bri efly discuss her forthcoming novel (due out on April 8\, 2025) \;T he Griffin Sister&rsquo\;s Greatest Hits. Set in the world of pop mus ic\, \;The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits \;is about sist ers\, motherhood\, young love\, and the dreams we chase.
\nSisters C assie and Zoe Grossberg were born just a year apart but could not have bee n more different. Zoe\, blessed with charm and beauty\, yearned for fame f rom the moment she could sing into a hairbrush. Cassie was a musical prodi gy who never felt at home in her own skin and preferred the safety of the shadows.
\nOn the brink of adulthood in the early 2000s\, destiny in tervened\, catapulting the sisters into the spotlight as the pop sensation the Griffin Sisters\, hitting all the touchstones of early aughts fame&md ash\;SNL\, MTV\, \;Rolling Stone \;magazine&mdas h\;along the way.
\nBut after a whirlwind year in the public eye\, t he band abruptly broke up.
\nTwo decades later\, Zoe&rsquo\;s a hous ewife\; Cassie&rsquo\;s off the grid. The sisters aren&rsquo\;t speaking\, and the real reason for the Griffin Sisters&rsquo\; breakup is still a my stery. Zoe&rsquo\;s teenage daughter\, Cherry\, who&rsquo\;s determined to be a star in spite of Zoe&rsquo\;s warnings\, is on a quest to learn the truth about what happened to the band all those years ago.
\nAs secr ets emerge\, all three women must face the consequences of their choices: the ones they made and the ones the music industry made for them. Can they forgive each other&mdash\;and themselves? And will the Griffin Sisters ev er make music again? \;
\nJennifer Weiner is a #1 \;New York Times \;bestselling author whose books have spent over five years on the \;New York Times \;bestseller list\, with mo re than 11 million copies in print in 36 countries. She is the author of t he novels \;Good in Bed \;(2001) and \;In Her Sho es \;(2002)\, which was turned into a major motion picture starri ng Cameron Diaz\, Toni Collette and Shirley MacLaine. And the author of&nb sp\;That Summer \;(2021)\; \;The Breakaway \;(2024)\; and \;The Griffin Sisters&rsquo\; Greatest Hits&nbs p\;(forthcoming 2025) . She is also the author of \;The Littlest B igfoot \;middle-grade trilogy\, her nonfiction collection \;< em>Hungry Heart: Adventures in Life\, Love\, and Writing \;(2016) \, was a finalist for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay.
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