Two episodes into its scheduled eight-week run, CBS has shut down the Tuesday Night Book Club. So we contacted Jennifer Weiner (right), the author of the club’s first selection, Good in Bed, to see how she felt about being one of only two writers who got their book mentioned on air. “I am working my way through the five stages of grief,” she told us:
- Denial: “But…but it just started! Jesus, even Chevy Chase lasted longer than this!”
- Anger: “How can CBS deny me the chance to watch the women parse meaning and metaphor in Meg Wolitzer’s The Wife?”
- Bargaining: “Okay. Stay calm. At least it meant that Wal-Mart finally got over its objections to the title and agreed to carry Good in Bed.”
- Depression: “I’m never going to find out whether that one lady with the big implants stayed with her husband, or whether that other lady with the big implants got lucky with the soccer coach. Life is suddenly leeched of purpose and beauty. I don’t know if I can go on.”
- Acceptance: “Hey, the New York Times says publishers are sending authors to casinos! I like casinos! They’re jingly!”