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Informationen zum Autor Arnine Cumsky Weiss grew up in Wilkes-Barre, PA, but moved to Philadelphia after college to pursue a career as a teacher of the deaf. She met a man on a blind date, who became her husband, and moved to Scranton, PA. She has experienced both big city and small town living, the dichotomy of which is part of She Ain't Heavy . When her eldest son, Matthew, was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of six, she was prompted to write her first book, Becoming a Bar Mitzvah. Recently, she moved to New York City and has been working as an interpreter and teaching English at a bakery in Harlem. Klappentext Just when counter clerk Teddy Warner is about to be evicted from her Scranton apartment, she bumps into beautiful, brilliant, blond Rachel - her estranged childhood friend whose mother forbid their friendship thinking Teddy was beneath them. Teddy and Rachel reconnect over hot chocolate and under New Year's Eve fireworks. Their discussion leads to an invitation. Soon, Teddy is on her way to Philadelphia, where Rachel is a student, to share an apartment and begin an exciting new life in the City.
