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A NEW, REVISED EDITION OF THE ULTIMATE NORA EPHRON COLLECTION,
PACKED WITH WIT, WISDOM AND COMFORT, WITH AN INTRODUCTION FROM
CANDICE CARTY-WILLIAMS 'The perfect introduction to the iconic
writer' STYLIST INCLUDING: * Nora's much-loved essays on everything
from friendship to feminism to journalism * Extracts from her
bestselling novel Heartburn * Scenes from her hilarious screenplay
for When Harry Met Sally * Unparalleled advice about friends,
lovers, divorces, desserts and black turtleneck sweaters 'It's got
a little bit of everything, from witty essays on feminism, beauty,
and ageing to profiles of empowering female figures' ELLE *PRAISE
FOR NORA EPHRON* 'So bold and so vulnerable at the same time. I
don't know how she did it' PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE 'Nora's exacting,
precise, didactic, tried-and-tested,
sophisticated-woman-wearing-all-black wisdom is a comfort and a
relief' DOLLY ALDERTON 'Nora Ephron is the funniest, cleverest,
wisest friend you could have' NIGELLA LAWSON 'I am only the one of
millions of women who will miss Nora's voice' LENA DUNHAM
'I have bought more copies of this book to give to people, in a
frenzy of enthusiasm, than any other . . . Heartburn is the
perfect, bittersweet, sobbingly funny, all-too-true confessional
novel' Nigella Lawson Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel
discovers that her husband is in love with another woman. The fact
that this woman has a 'neck as long as an arm and a nose as long as
a thumb' is no consolation. Food sometimes is, though, since Rachel
is a cookery writer, and between trying to win Mark back and
wishing him dead, she offers us some of her favourite recipes.
Heartburn is a roller coaster of love, betrayal, loss and - most
satisfyingly - revenge. This is Nora Ephron's (screenwriter of When
Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle) roman a clef: 'I always
thought during the pain of the marriage that one day it would make
a funny book,' she once said - And it is! Books included in the VMC
40th anniversary series include: Frost in May by Antonia White; The
Collected Stories of Grace Paley; Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault;
The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter; The Weather in the Streets by
Rosamond Lehmann; Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith; The Return of
the Soldier by Rebecca West; Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora
Neale Hurston; Heartburn by Nora Ephron; The Dud Avocado by Elaine
Dundy; Memento Mori by Muriel Spark; A View of the Harbour by
Elizabeth Taylor; and Faces in the Water by Janet Frame
40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, WITH A FOREWORD BY STANLEY TUCCI 'I have
bought more copies of this book to give to people, in a frenzy of
enthusiasm, than any other . . . Heartburn is the perfect,
bittersweet, sobbingly funny, all-too-true confessional novel'
NIGELLA LAWSON Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel discovers
that her husband is in love with another woman. The fact that this
woman has a 'neck as long as an arm and a nose as long as a thumb'
is no consolation. Food sometimes is, though, since Rachel is a
cookery writer, and between trying to win Mark back and wishing him
dead, she offers us some of her favourite recipes. Heartburn is a
roller coaster of love, betrayal, loss and - most satisfyingly -
revenge. This is Nora Ephron's (screenwriter of When Harry Met
Sally and Sleepless in Seattle) roman a clef: 'I always thought
during the pain of the marriage that one day it would make a funny
book,' she once said - And it is! 'I kept a copy of Nora Ephron's
Heartburn next to me as a reminder of how to be funny and truthful,
and all I ended up doing was ignoring my writing and rereading
Heartburn' AMY POEHLER 'A perfect example of Ephron's gift for
turning tragedy into comedy, Heartburn is evidence that revenge is
indeed a dish best served cold' PAULA HAWKINS 'It is snortingly
funny in its depiction of the death throes of a relationship. And
it bursts with recipes. What more could you ask for?' ADAM KAY
'I give this as a present more than other book. I buy it for people so
often that I’ve been known to give girlfriends two copies, one birthday
after another’ - Dolly Alderton
Now with an introduction from Dolly Alderton, author of Everything I
Know About Love, revealing how a new generation of women can take
inspiration from Nora’s sharp wit and wisdom about life.
* Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced from.
* If the shoe doesn't fit in the shoe store, it's never going to fit.
* When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so
that someone in the house is happy to see you.
* If only one third of your clothes are mistakes, you're ahead of the
game.
* Anything you think is wrong with your body at the age of thirty-five
you will be nostalgic for by the age of forty-five.
'Memories, aphorisms and stern good advice from America's favourite
naughty aunt' Independent on Sunday 'This book is as grown-up as a
dirty martini' Sunday Times 'Sharp as a knife' Daily Express ___ In
her final book, Nora Ephron reflects on life, growing older, and
everything she will and won't miss. Filled with Nora's trademark
wit, wisdom and warmth. * No one actually likes to admit they're
old. The most they will cop to is that they're older. Or oldish. *
Freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one. * I have been
forgetting things for years-at least since I was in my thirties. I
know this because I wrote something about it at the time. I have
proof. Of course, I can't remember exactly where I wrote about it,
or when, but I could probably hunt it up if I had to. ___ Praise
for Nora Ephron 'So bold and so vulnerable at the same time. I
don't know how she did it' Phoebe Waller-Bridge 'Oh how I loved
Nora Ephron' Nigella Lawson 'Funny, knowing and smart' India Knight
'Nora's exacting, precise, didactic, tried-and-tested,
sophisticated-woman-wearing-all-black wisdom is a comfort and a
relief' Dolly Alderton
Although Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy probably only met once in their lives, their names will be linked forever in the history of American literary feuds: they were legendary enemies, especially after McCarthy famously announced to the world that every word Hellman wrote was a lie, “including ‘and’ and ‘the.’” The public battle, and the legal squabbling, that ensued ended, unsatisfactorily for all, with Hellman’s death.
In Imaginary Friends, Nora Ephron brilliantly and hilariously resuscitates these two bigger-than-life women to give them a post-mortem second act, and the chance to really air their differences.
With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry
sense of humor, Nora Ephron shares with us her ups and downs in "I
Feel Bad About My Neck," a candid, hilarious look at women who are
getting older and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance,
menopause, empty nests, and life itself.
Ephron chronicles her life as an obsessed cook, passionate city
dweller, and hapless parent. But mostly she speaks frankly and
uproariously about life as a woman of a certain age. Utterly
courageous, uproariously funny, and unexpectedly moving in its
truth telling, "I Feel Bad About My Neck" is a scrumptious,
irresistible treat of a book, full of truths, laugh out loud
moments that will appeal to readers of all ages.
Two classic collections of Nora Ephron's uproarious
essays--tackling everything from feminism to the media, from
politics to beauty products, with her inimitable charm and
distinctive wit--now available in one book for the first time.
This edition brings together some of Ephron's most famous writing
on a generation of women (and men) who helped shape the way we live
now, and on events ranging from the Watergate scandal to the
Pillsbury Bake-Off. In these sharp, hilariously entertaining, and
vividly observed pieces, Ephron illuminates an era with wicked
honesty and insight. From the famous "A Few Words About Breasts" to
important pieces on her time working for the "New York Post" and
"Gourmet Magazine," these essays show Ephron at her very best.
Millions of adult Americans will fondly remember such entertaining
movies as Carousel, The Jackpot, and There's No Business Like Show
Business. Phoebe and Henry Ephron, who wrote the screenplays for
these and other films, were a unique team in that they used their
special talents, working with dozens of great names of screen and
stage, to create everything from the comic to the somber under
circumstances both humorous and quite the opposite. Whether they
were working on a Carousel, starring Shirley Jones and Gordon
MacRae or a new What Price Glory, or Fred Astaire's Daddy Long
Legs, the Ephrons were always learning something new and exciting
about a magical assortment of people (Henry remembers the famous
director John Ford the day he was faulted by his producer for being
two days behind in shooting a film. He tore up six pages and said:
"Tell the SOB I'm six days ahead!") This is also a story of the
thirty-seven-year marriage of two people who started out with very
little, realized their dreams of having a play produced on
Broadway, and then went to Hollywood, where they wrote major
scripts for some of the biggest stars. Woven throughout the story
is the family element of raising four daughters in the make-believe
atmosphere of Southern California. As the two Ephrons worried about
the work they'd done on one major script, the make-believe turning
into a glorious reprieve when it was reported to them that Darryl
Zanuck had just told a friend, "I'll never know how the Ephrons
took that old chestnut and turned it into this great screenplay."
Here, a professional storyteller is at his best in a personal
narrative which also brings onstage a fascinating supporting cast.
Nora Ephron returns with her first book since the astounding
success of "I Feel Bad About My Neck, "taking a hilarious look at
the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes
of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom
everything she hasn't (yet) forgotten.
Filled with insights and observations that instantly ring true--and
could have come only from Nora Ephron--"I Remember Nothing" is pure
joy.
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