Chick lit is not my usual genre but a good book is a good book so when NetGalley offered the chance to read it, I grabbed it and Good in Bed grabbed me in return. Warm and witty in places and painfully humorous in others, this primarily introspective tale offers many positive moments and solid friendships to help the reader through the tough times. Sometimes those are enough for our protagonist, Candace (Cannie) Shapiro, and sometimes not. Canny is an intelligent, witty, successful, generally strong woman whose, we-on-a-break, ex outs her as fat in a national magazine. 
 The journey through the book is one of dealing with rejection. The question is whether Cannie will destroy herself while trying to understand those who have rejected her or if she will accept the message from those who love her, that she is only responsible for her own actions, reactions, and feelings. While the focus is on size, anyone who has felt rejection for not fitting the norm will identify with many of her feelings. 
 This book is set in the late 1990's and there are a few distractions, ie. a hand held email device, but for the most part, it is timeless. I look forward to reading the next book about her daughter, Joy. 
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