Heartburn
by Nora Ephron
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Author: Nora EphronEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1996-05-28
ISBN: 0679767959
Number of pages: 192
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: Heartburn...pun intended
Summary: 4 Stars
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 heavy, Ephron adds just the right amount of quirkiness to keep you reading without feeling like you're reading someone's final paper in a creative writing class. She describes, for example, her first husband's ridiculously deep attachment to hamsters. She predates Seinfeld-style humor with comments like those about she and her husband "dating" another couple.
Much of what's in the book is both funny and honest, showing the human side of human nature. She makes you believe that truth is indeed often stranger--and so much more annoying!--than fiction. I also found myself admiring the underlying strength beneath the humor of her ability to leave a toxic relationship, seven months pregnant or not.
Heartburn is a quick and satisfying read. It makes great airplane or beach reading.
Summary of Heartburn
Out of analysis and seven months pregnant, cookbook writer Rachel Samstat discovers that her husband is into analysis and an affair and suffers six weeks of intense heartburn. Reprint. 12,500 first printing. NYT.United States Books
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