This heartwarming story explores the many ways in which children feel unique and special. Mrs. Matthews's first grade class begins making Christmas decorations, but because Jennifer is Jewish, Mrs. Matthews allows her to make Hanukkah decorations instead. Jennifer enjoys the attention and creates "The Only One Club," of which she is the sole member. When her classmates want to join, she is resistant until she realizes that each of her friends is also "the only one" at something.
When Jennifer returns to the resort village where she grew up, she finds a series of letters in which a relative reveals a huge secret she has concealed for decades: that her great love is not the man she married. Jennifer herself thinks she could never love again, but before she knows it, is caught up in the greatest flight of exhilaration she's ever known. Then, just as suddenly, she learns that this new love comes with an unbearable cost...
One of Hollywood's first openly Latin stars, Jennifer Lopez has held fast to her New York Bronx roots, while rising above them to become the highest paid Latina actress in history. Her expansive body of work-ranging from film, music, and dance to television production and fashion-has broken down long-standing racial barriers and earned her a place in Forbes' 2007 list of the Top 20 Richest Women in Entertainment.
Her movies are on TV. Her music is on the radio. Jennifer Lopez is a Hollywood star and a successful singer. She is a Latin performer. And Latin is about color, fun, and life! And who is the number one Latina? Jennifer, of course.
Jennifer Weiner's talent shines like never before in this collection of short stories, following the tender, and often hilarious, progress of love and relationships over the course of a lifetime. From a teenager coming to terms with her father's disappearance to a widow accepting two young women into her home, Weiner's 11 stories explore those transformative moments in our every day.
