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 brief story a little more resonance and made it somewhat more interesting to read.
The gist of the story is that Rachel (Nora Ephron) is seven months pregnant with her and Mark Feldman's (Carl Bernstein) second child when she discovers ... Read More:
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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 brief story a little more resonance and made it somewhat more interesting to read.
The gist of the story is that Rachel (Nora Ephron) is seven months pregnant with her and Mark Feldman's (Carl Bernstein) second child when she discovers that he's been cheating ... Read More:
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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 brief story a little more resonance and made it somewhat more interesting to read.
The gist of the story is that Rachel (Nora Ephron) is seven months pregnant with her and Mark Feldman's (Carl Bernstein) second child when she discovers that he's been cheating ... Read More:
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okay i am not a woman of a certian age but i fell in love with this lady's works of art a couple of years ago when i read her blog ,then heartburn and the essay from the 70's about boobage... really liked the essay on the purses (i am a disaster with purses and used to have a backpack purse)
i adored the one about the being entranced by a book and putting everything else in life on the back burner to finish it...
her best one was my life in 3500 hundred words or less..and how her mother said everything was copy....
and there's one about Bill Clinton.... that kinda made me sad because its so true
i like how this book was written in stream of consciousness style and how she has a smart ass sense of humor,,,,
she was on the craig ferguson ... Read More:
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okay i am not a woman of a certian age but i fell in love with this lady's works of art a couple of years ago when i read her blog ,then heartburn and the essay from the 70's about boobage... really liked the essay on the purses (i am a disaster with purses and used to have a backpack purse)
i adored the one about the being entranced by a book and putting everything else in life on the back burner to finish it...
her best one was my life in 3500 hundred words or less..and how her mother said everything was copy....
and there's one about Bill Clinton.... that kinda made me sad because its so true
i like how this book was written in stream of consciousness style and how she has a smart ass sense of humor,,,,
she was on the craig ferguson ... Read More:
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okay i am not a woman of a certian age but i fell in love with this lady's works of art a couple of years ago when i read her blog ,then heartburn and the essay from the 70's about boobage... really liked the essay on the purses (i am a disaster with purses and used to have a backpack purse)
i adored the one about the being entranced by a book and putting everything else in life on the back burner to finish it...
her best one was my life in 3500 hundred words or less..and how her mother said everything was copy....
and there's one about Bill Clinton.... that kinda made me sad because its so true
i like how this book was written in stream of consciousness style and how she has a smart ass sense of humor,,,,
she was on the craig ferguson show ... Read More:
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