The short story that inspired Jennifer Weiner’s novel The Next Best Thing. Ruth has left her job writing for a hit television show for reasons she’d rather not discuss and is supplementing her increasingly dwindling savings with freelance writing projects—namely, helping anxious high school students craft a perfect college essay and lonely souls craft captivating online dating profiles. When she’s not working, she’s swimming—lap after lap at the local indoor pool, in a desperate attempt to wash away the sting of professional failure and heartbreak that she can’t seem to shake. It takes an unexpected client to show her that appearances can be deceiving, and that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is simply dive back in.
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Short and sweet. I have a couple of Jennifer Weiner's books but haven't gotten around to reading them. Have to finda way to squeeze at least one of them in sometime soon. These few pages made me want to read more about Ruth and her crazy wonderful grandmother, so it lived up to its purpose. Now I have to go track down a copy of The Next Best Thing.
