title: The Guy Not Taken: Stories
author:  Jennifer Weiner 
description: "Fans will savor Weiner's confidential tone and salty wit."<br /> -- <i>People</i><br /><br />"Shouldn't be missed.... It is the reader who will be taken by this set of eleven marvelous short stories."<br /> -- <i>Entertainment Weekly</i><br /><br />"Puts Weiner on the map as one of her generation's best literary voices."<br /> -- <i>The Boston Herald</i><br /><br />"Another delightful example of Jennifer Weiner's tender way with words and emotions."<br /> -- <i>Harper's Bazaar</i>
zlib_text: > FEATURING A WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS READERS CLUB GUIDE
  
  > “Shouldn’t be missed. . . . It is the reader who will be taken by this set
  > of eleven marvelous short stories.”  
  >  _—Entertainment Weekly_
  
  >  **J** ennifer Weiner’s talent shines like never before in this collection
  > of short stories, following the tender, often hilarious, progress of love
  > and relationships over the course of a lifetime.
  
  > We meet Marlie Davidow, home alone with her new baby late one night, when
  > she wanders onto her ex’s online wedding registry and wonders what if she
  > had wound up with the guy not taken. We find Jessica Norton listing her
  > beloved river-view apartment in the hope of winning her broker’s heart. And
  > we follow an unlikely friendship between two very different new mothers, and
  > the choices that bring them together—and pull them apart.
  
  > _The Guy Not Taken_ demonstrates Weiner’s amazing ability to create
  > characters who “feel like they could be your best friend” (Janet Maslin) and