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by: Nora Ephron
Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780330293990
Format: Import
ISBN: 0330293990
Label: Pavanne / Pan Books
Manufacturer: Pavanne / Pan Books
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: 1986
Publisher: Pavanne / Pan Books
Sales Rank: 5063588
Studio: Pavanne / Pan Books
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Rating: - Heartburn...pun intended
Heartburn is the thinly disguised version of the break up of Ephron's second marriage. Part of the magic of Ephron's writing is her conversation-with-a-best-girlfriend style. The other part is her ability to find humor in an otherwise devastating situation. She shows us that indeed there are times when we just need to laugh at our own follies...or take a small measure of revenge on a man who deserves it!
To help keep the situation light, and to keep the narrative from becoming too ... Read More
Rating:  - Palatable but Dated
I'm not really a fan of Nora Ephron -- I find her films to be terribly schmaltzy, and whenever I've heard her on NPR, she inevitably says something inane. So, needless to say, I was not particularly looking forward to reading this novel of hers for my book group. It wasn't until after I picked it up and mentioned it to a friend that I learned it's basically a roman a clef about the dissolution of her marriage to Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein (of Woodward and Bernstein fame). That gave the ... Read More
Rating: - Pesto is the quiche of the nineteen seventies
When Rachel Samstat was seven months pregnant, she learned her second husband had not been faithful. Her husband had used the excuse he had to go out to buy socks, among others. Rachel's husband Mark admitted that he loved the other woman. Rachel contacted her therapist. She let herself be persuaded that Mark was not what she wanted in a husband. Then she changed her mind.
Rachel describes her parents amusingly. She characterizes her sister as a good and patient and caring daughter. ... Read More
Rating: - Painful and Funny
This book is painful and funny in equal parts and brings the breakup of a marriage to it's best conclusion. I enjoy most of Nora Ephron's writing. I also enjoyed the DVD of this book starring Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson. Also has a great song by Carly Simon.
Rating:  - A Perfect Revenge
Good for Nora! Makes a lot of divorced wives wish they could write like she does about a marriage gone sour. I'll bet her former husband and Hero of Watergate really squirmed and suffered.
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