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. 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. Unparalleled advice about friends, lovers. Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel Samstat discovers that her husband, Mark, is in love with another woman. Extracts from her bestselling novel Heartburn Scenes from her hilarious screenplay for When Harry Met Sally. reminds us that comedy depends on anguish as surely as a proper gravy depends on flour and butter. In this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast, the creator of Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally. 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. Proof that writing well is the best revenge." - Chicago Tribune Description 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. Hard-edged in the workplace, Nora (named after the late romantic comedy luminary Nora Ephron) has a deep dedication to being her younger sisters keeper since their mothers death when.
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