Heartburn is a sinfully delicious novel, as soul-satisfying as mashed potatoes and as airy as a perfect soufflé. And in between trying to win Mark back and loudly wishing him dead, Ephron's irrepressible heroine offers some of her favorite recipes. Ephrons story inspired a good movie by the same name (the screenplay written, of course, by Nora Ephron), and an excellent soundtrack by Carly Simon, the title. On the eve of publication, Jesse Kornbluth published a piece about Nora and the book in New York Magazine. Food sometimes is, though, since Rachel writes cookbooks for a living. Editor’s Note: In forever ago 1983, Carl Bernstein cheated on pregnant Nora Ephron, and she divorced him and wrote Heartburn, an instant bestseller. The fact that the other woman has 'a neck as long as an arm and a nose as long as a thumb and you should see her legs' is no consolation.

Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel Samstat discovers that her husband, Mark, is in love with another woman.

I kept a copy of Nora Ephrons Heartburn next to me as a reminder of how to be funny. reminds us that comedy depends on anguish as surely as a proper gravy depends on flour and butter. Ephron, NoraHeartburn40th Anniversary Edition - with a Foreword by. Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora Ephron, the answer is a resounding yes. In this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast, the creator of Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally. Proof that writing well is the best revenge.' - Chicago Tribune He is an idol, though an idol with feet of clayor, Nora Ephron tells us, feet of roman à clef. Heartburn is a sinfully delicious novel, as soul-satisfying as mashed potatoes and as airy as a perfect souffl‚.A 40th anniversary reissue of Ephron's hilarious first novel that memorably mixed food, heartbreak, and revenge into a comic masterpiece-now with a new foreword by Stanley Tucci. And in between trying to win Mark back and loudly wishing him dead, Ephron's irrepressible heroine offers some of her favourite recipes. Food sometimes is, though, since Rachel writes cookbooks for a living. The fact that the other woman has 'a neck as long as an arm and a nose as long as a thumb and you should see her legs' is no consolation. It will come as no surprise to the reader that Heartburn is one of Nigella Lawsons favourite books. For in this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast, the creator of Sleepless in Seattle reminds us that comedy depends on anguish as surely as a proper gravy depends on flour and butter.

Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora Ephron, the answer is a resounding yes.

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