Image Credit: Donna Ward/PR PhotosThere are only a couple of weeks left now until the release of Sex and the City 2, but in the meantime you can make do with hearing Miranda read aloud. EW has an exclusive clip of Cynthia Nixon reading the first two chapters of Emily Giffin’s latest novel, Heart of the Matter, for its official audiobook.
Like Giffin’s previous books (Something Borrowed, Love the One You’re With), Heart of the Matter is a story about love, relationships, and infidelity, with a decidedly Sex and the City tone, so I think Nixon is a natural pick to orate it. (Ginnifer Goodwin, John Krasinski, and Kate Hudson are set to star in director Luke Greenfield’s upcoming film version of Giffin’s first novel, Something Borrowed.) Both the new book and the audiobook are set to hit store shelves tomorrow, but take a sneak-listen below, Shelf-Lifers, and see if you agree with me about Nixon’s narration.
May 10
2010
03:53 PM ET
EW Exclusive: Clips of Cynthia Nixon reading Emily Giffin's 'Heart of the Matter'
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I knew about the movie but this is the first I’ve heard about Kate Hudson!!! I L.O.V.E. her for the role of Darcy!!
Hey, Shelf Life, I know I shouldn’t be surprised, but I do find myself let down that you have nothing written about Pen/Faulkner awarding Edward P. Jones and newcomer Nam Le winners of the PEN/Malamud Award in Excellence in the Short Story. More and more, it seems that Shelf Life only talks about books if they’re “written” by celebrities, have a connection to a celebrity, or are about vampires. When did you become EOnline? I am not asking you to be pretentious and highbrow, Shelf Life, but please start taking yourself a bit more seriously. Thanks.
Ed, I have never heard of any of the things you just said. And I read a lot! I would never click on an article about Name Le because I have never heard of him (or her…. whatever).
Allie, I respectfully want to challenge your response. Pen/Faulkner is a widely known and respected literary foundation, and they give several awards a year (judged by other writers). You should Google them and check out the foundation’s history and past winners. The award given this past weekend is always shared: one to a seasoned writer and one to a newcomer. It makes sense that you haven’t heard of Nam Le, since he’s the newcomer and most people haven’t heard of him. If you’re an avid reader and haven’t heard of Edward P. Jones, I am a bit surprised, since he did win the Pulitzer several years back for The Known World. The PEN/Malamud award honors quality writing and gives exposure to writers. And that leads to my biggest problem with Shelf Life: they write about easy topics. Sure, I expect blogs about books that are very pop culture (celebrity “written” books, vampires, etc), but it would be nice for a blog devoted to books to do a bit more work (really, at times it’s hard to see the difference between Shelf Life and Pop Watch). The fact that you’ve never heard of Nam Le kinda proves my point. Shelf Life seems to give exposure to books and authors that don’t need exposure. I’m not stupid; I know that most people want to read about celebrities and gossip. BUT, for every blog or two about a vampire book or a ghostwritten celebrity book, it would be nice for Shelf Life to write about an undiscovered author, a literary organization, or an awards ceremony. I’m just looking for more balance here.
I LOVED Giffins’s first two books but her last one, Love the One You’re With, had a terrible, completely unconvincing ending. I got so mad that I’d wasted my time reading it that I swore off reading any of her future books. That said, I can’t wait for the movie version of Something Borrowed.
Brenda, I have to agree that Love the One You’re With is far and away Giffin’s weakest book. That said, her first 3 books are so good, including Baby Proof I’m going to give this one a go.
ARE YOU KIDDING?!?! “Love the One Your With” is amazing!!!! It would have been worse had it ended the other way (so cliche) but the way that it ended worked beautifully. I CANNOT wait for the film version of “Something Borrowed.”
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Cynthia Nixon narrates Emily Griffin’s story with clarity and grace. Audiobook fans should check out the Audie Awards finalists for more wonderful audio-escapes– http://www.audiopub.org–including best production nomineee The Help.
To all of those who didn’t like “Love the One You’re With”….are any of you married?
I found that it really did express what it was like to deal with the lasting connection to one’s first love while learning to understand that infatuation and intense chemistry do not a lasting relationship make. I thought the ending was so close to reality for a LOT of women. In the end you chose your committed devoted understanding partner. The one who promised himself to you for life and you learn to be thankful for the memory of the deep first love.