Bestselling author of humorous and heartfelt women’s fiction
Sara Goodman Confino
Off the Record
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“When Lily Weiss agrees to be a bridesmaid in five weddings over six weeks, she finds herself and her bank account stretched to the breaking point in this hilarious novel filled with bridal meltdowns, handsome and obnoxious groomsmen, meddling mamas, wayyyyy too much Spanx, and one supposed-to-be-anonymous blog that allows Lily to vent. Sara Goodman Confino hits every note just right, with pitch-perfect dialogue and a healthy, fun dose of snark, along with plenty of love and warmth. A laugh-out-loud read.”
“An appealing debut with depth and heart that fans of Jennifer Weiner will enjoy.”
“Whether you’ve been a bridesmaid a dozen times or somehow avoided the whole mess, For the Love of Friends is not to be missed. Funny and touching, Sara Goodman Confino has created a story that’s as wild as a good bachelorette party and as romantic as a first dance. I gobbled it up like wedding cake!”
“For the Love of Friends is a delightful escape from reality—27 Dresses meets Mean Girls. The perfect mix of hilarious, outrageous, and thoughtful, with a deeply relatable heroine. An unputdownable must-read!”
“Amid a flurry of ‘I dos,’ bridesmaid Lily Weiss navigates five weddings in six weeks—her saving grace the Bridesmania blog she writes exposing the high stakes and high costs of wedding culture for those in the throes and woes of love. With Lily’s love life woven throughout, our bighearted heroine’s misguided attempts at bridesmaid wizardry will engage readers invited to attend this rollicking—and at times emotionally bruising—march down multiple aisles. Say yes to this story about self-reflection, forgiveness, and, ultimately, courageous leaps of faith, written with wit and razor-sharp truth. A real gem of a bridesmaid tale!”
“And for She's Up to No Good: “You can almost taste the lobster rolls and smell the warm salt air in Sara Goodman Confino’s latest, which will leave you smiling long after you turn the last page. When Jenna agrees to a road trip with her sassy grandmother, Evelyn, she never could have imagined how her life would change. Confino deftly weaves together two time periods to tell a charming and funny story of true love, second chances, and why we should always be open to new beginnings.”
“A heartfelt and endearing story where generations of women do what women do best—keep one’s feet firmly planted while simultaneously moving forward with love.”
“Brimming with voice and wit, Sara Goodman Confino’s She’s Up to No Good is as heartfelt as it is hilarious. This beautiful story sweeps you up in its magic and doesn’t let go—much like the vivacious main character, Evelyn, a feisty force of nature who teaches her granddaughter what it truly means to live and love without fear. Their adventures—and Evelyn’s tales—will have you laughing, crying, and cheering them on, and you’ll be transported to the setting of the charming seaside town of their family’s roots. This is a gem of a novel and a fantastic follow-up to Confino’s outstanding debut, For the Love of Friends.”
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Today is teacher appreciation day. And while I’m no longer in the classroom, I got the message in the first picture this week from a former student.
This felt so incredibly poignant not just because @_asiq._ is following in my footsteps and credits me with lighting that spark, but also because Off the Record is dedicated to MY high school journalism teacher. And my thank you to him, in the acknowledgments of Off the Record (second image) felt like such a parallel to his message.
So while yes, gift cards are appreciated, this Teacher Appreciation Week, let a teacher of yours or your kids know how valued they are. It really is the best gift.
Oh yeah—books make great gifts too. Hint hint 😉
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With apologies to @annehathaway (who would love this book btw), it had to be done!
Remember to preorder your copy so you’ll have it when it comes out on June 9!
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Annual May the Fourth reminder that my husband almost got us kicked out of Disneyland on his first visit for karate chopping a storm trooper in the neck. Which led to a long lecture from me about how the Itchy and Scratchyland episode of @thesimpsons was NOT an instruction guide for Disney behavior!
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, my real life is as ridiculous as my books!
But I also went to preschool with Natalie Portman so…
Happy Star Wars Day!
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I know they say never to meet your heroes, but I met one of mine today and she was freaking amazing!
Thank you for being an inspiration @laurenwillig!!!!
(And thank you for indulging my ridiculous fangirling. I got to the car and was like wow, she’s gonna think I’m a moron 🤣)
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I feel like I didn’t announce this officially, but the INCOMPARABLE Helen Laser is back as the voice of my characters in Off the Record!
Listening to someone read the words that I wrote is weird. But the first time I heard a clip of Helen (narrating the lipstick scene in Don’t Forget to Write), I freaked out because THOSE WERE MY CHARACTERS. Like they were how they sounded in my head. Which was beyond surreal, but in the best way possible.
So now, when my editor sends me a questionnaire about what I’m looking for in a narrator, I literally write her name for every question.
Male or female narrator? Helen Laser
Regional accents? Helen Laser
Age of characters? Helen Laser
So I am SO excited for you to be able to hear how she brings this story to life. AND you can preorder your copy now!
Also eternal apologies to my editor, @nancyytaylorr, who puts up with my shenanigans because that is literally how I have turned in my last few questionnaires 🤣
Preorder your copy today in whatever format you consume books!
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May is Jewish American Heritage Month.
When I wrote my debut novel, For the Love of Friends, I made my main character half Jewish. I was nervous that people weren’t going to read and identify with a “happy” book that had a centered around even a secular Jewish woman. The literary landscape was kind of a desert in that area to be honest. There were plenty of Holocaust stories and immigrant stories (and some kinda steamy romances from the 70s that my mom gave me in high school…), but happy stories about Americans who happened to be Jewish? Few and far between. So I tested the waters.
And when no one said a word about her background, I went all in on She’s Up to No Good.
When that one came out, I spoke to a book club with a group of women who told me they had never met a Jew. And as I’m sitting there getting ready to show them that no, I didn’t have horns, they said something surprising. They told me that what they love about my books is that the characters are Jewish, but it isn’t their whole personality.
I had to sit with that one for a little while to figure out what it meant. But as I started to get emails from people of other religious and ethnic backgrounds saying, “This could be my family,” I began to understand what that book club had been saying.
In the last couple of years in particular, there has been a lot of othering of Jewish people. And while I think my last name has insulated me from some of the nastiness (Confino IS Jewish for those of you who are wondering—my husband is Sephardic!), I’ve also started to see the real importance of Jewish American stories that aren’t about suffering. Yes, representation matters (ask my son who wore his Indiana Jones hat to school for a full year after finding out Harrison Ford is Jewish). But if my books help readers see that we’re all PEOPLE, that matters even more. We might look a little different, eat some different foods, celebrate some different things, but inside, all of us are the same. And, to quote Tolstoy, “Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
So read a book by a Jewish American author this month, because hate has no home here. 🫶🏻
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Listen, when I tell you all I was NERVOUS asking @authoralexandrarobbins to blurb Off the Record, believe it. Not because I didn’t think she would, but because she’s like… THE REAL DEAL as a journalist. And while I taught journalism for a million years and was a journalism major in college, I had never WORKED as a professional journalist. What if she told me I got literally everything wrong?
Instead, she gave me the sweetest endorsement—and because she has lived the real experience, that meant the absolute world to me.
And for every woman who ever did something a man told you that you couldn’t—this book is for you!
Preorder your copy today, wherever books are sold. Signed and personalized copies can be ordered from parkbooksmd.com (just make an account for shipping!)
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Overdid it on the exercise so editing It’s a Shore Thing looks like RICE (rest, ice, compression and elevation) today…
So much for that endorphin-based anxiety control for a couple days 🫠🫠🫠
And that pillow that my foot is propped up on reads “Main Character Energy.” My mother sent me a picture of it one day, thinking it was funny, and I begged her to go back into the store and get it for me. Look, ma! It came in handy!
Sigh…
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