Released: 2004
Little Earthquakes![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=drboreonevge-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0743470109)
is the third novel by bestselling chick-lit author
Jennifer Weiner![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=drboreonevge-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0743470109)
. When I read Weiner's first novel
Good in Bed![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=drboreonevge-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0743418174)
(2001) several years ago, I knew she was going to be one of those authors (which for me includes
Chuck Palahniuk![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=drboreonevge-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0385526350)
and
Tracy Chevalier![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=drboreonevge-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0525951458)
among numerous others) who produces such amazing work that you just have to read everything they publish. In saying this, I am ashamed that I allowed
Little Earthquakes![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=drboreonevge-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0743470109)
to linger on my shelf for so many years, because this novel is AMAZING!
Little Earthquakes![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=drboreonevge-20&l=btl&camp=213689&creative=392969&o=1&a=0743470109)
centers upon four main characters that are all pregnant at the beginning of the book and forge their friendship by sharing "new mother" experiences with one another. We meet Becky, a pleasantly plump chef who runs her own restaurant but must deal with the worst mother-in-law on the planet, Kelly -- a perky, energetic event planner with a laid-off husband who more or less sits at home and does nothing, and Ayinde, the wife of a scandalous pro-basketball player who has gotten himself into quite the mess. In addition to these three women who bond over their newborn children, we also meet Lia, an ex-Hollywood starlet haunted by a tragic accident and desperate to start anew in her hometown of Philadelphia.