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Book SynopsisFrom the Oscar-nominated screenwriter (
When Harry Met Sally) and successful director (S
leepless in Seattle), Nora Ephron comes a bittersweet autobiographical book about love and loss. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the fortieth anniversary of the Virago Modern Classics.
Trade ReviewI am not a great reader of comic novels, but Ephron's hilarious, recipe-strewn, semi-autobiographical account of a heavily pregnant woman whose husband has left her for a woman with a 'neck as long as an arm' is a treat. A perfect example of
Ephron's gift for turning tragedy into comedy,
Heartburn is evidence that revenge is indeed a dish best served cold
[Ephron] chatters up a storm, always on the verge of wisecracking up * Guardian *
What really interested Ephron, for all her clever writing about food, politics and overcluttered purses, were matters of the heart. She is the exact opposite of Dorothy Parker. She is wit without cynicism,
the ultimate romantic -- Gail Collins * New York Times *
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. There is not a wrong word - about food, marriage, life, love, loss
Full of cynicism and gags, this autobiographical novel is
comic writing at its finest -- Andrew Billen * The Times *
Heartburn took the most miserable personal situation and made it
hysterically funny,
inspiring and
utterly relatable to women of all ages. I became obsessed with its author and thinly disguised heroine * Stylist *
Heartburn is as
hilarious as it is heartbreaking and as brittle (very) as it is steely (even more)
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?
Not just the funniest novel ever written about divorce, but the funniest novel ever. Only the truly talented make writing as good as this look easy -- Hadley Freeman * The Week *
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
The real magic of the novel comes from Ephron's nonchalant conversationalism -- Helen Rosner * New Yorker *
Simply one of the greatest novels involving food ever written from the writer of
When Harry Met Sally and
Sleepless in Seattle. It's about love, sex, adultery and key lime pie -- Jay Rayner
This book taught me about love, loss and writing. It's a timeless classic * Independent *
