{"product_id":"heartburn-9780349017358","title":"Heartburn","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e40TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, WITH A FOREWORD BY STANLEY TUCCI\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''I have bought more copies of this book to give to people, in a frenzy of enthusiasm, than any other . . . \u003ci\u003eHeartburn\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect, bittersweet, sobbingly funny, all-too-true confessional novel'' NIGELLA LAWSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I kept a copy of Nora Ephron''s \u003ci\u003eHeartburn\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eHeartburn''\u003c\/i\u003e AMY POEHLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeven months into her pregnancy, Rachel discovers that her husband is in love with another woman. The fact that this woman has a ''neck as long as an arm and a nose as long as a thumb'' is no consolation. Food sometimes is, though, since Rachel is a cookery writer, and between trying to win Mark back and wishing him dead, she offers us some of her favourite recipes. \u003ci\u003eHeartburn \u003c\/i\u003eis a roller coaster of love, betrayal, loss and most satisfyingly revenge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Nora Ephron''s (screenwriter of \u003ci\u003eWhen Harry Met Sally\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSleepless in Seattle\u003c\/i\u003e) roman a clef:  ''I always thought during the pain of the marriage that one day it would make a funny book,'' she once said. And it is!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''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?'' ADAM KAY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART OF THE VIRAGO DESIGNER COLLECTION. COVER FEATURES TEXTILE DESIGN BY ELZA SUNDERLAND\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI 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 \u003cb\u003eEphron's gift for turning tragedy into comedy\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHeartburn\u003c\/i\u003e is evidence that revenge is indeed a dish best served cold\u003cbr\u003e[Ephron] chatters up a storm, always on the verge of wisecracking up * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eWhat 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, \u003cb\u003ethe ultimate romantic\u003c\/b\u003e -- Gail Collins * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eI have bought more copies of this book to give to people, in a frenzy of enthusiasm, than any other . . . \u003ci\u003eHeartburn\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect, \u003cb\u003ebittersweet, sobbingly funny\u003c\/b\u003e, all-too-true confessional novel. There is not a wrong word - about food, marriage, life, love, loss\u003cbr\u003eFull of cynicism and gags, this autobiographical novel is \u003cb\u003ecomic writing at its finest \u003c\/b\u003e -- Andrew Billen * The Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeartburn\u003c\/i\u003e took the most miserable personal situation and made it \u003cb\u003ehysterically funny\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003einspiring\u003c\/b\u003e and\u003cb\u003e utterly relatable \u003c\/b\u003eto women of all ages. I became obsessed with its author and thinly disguised heroine * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeartburn\u003c\/i\u003e is as \u003cb\u003ehilarious as it is heartbreaking \u003c\/b\u003eand as brittle (very) as it is steely (even more)\u003cbr\u003eIt is \u003cb\u003esnortingly funny \u003c\/b\u003ein its depiction of the death throes of a relationship. And it bursts with recipes. What more could you ask for?\u003cbr\u003eNot 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 *\u003cbr\u003eI kept a copy of Nora Ephron's \u003ci\u003eHeartburn\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eHeartburn\u003c\/i\u003e -- Amy Poehler\u003cbr\u003eThe real magic of the novel comes from Ephron's nonchalant conversationalism -- Helen Rosner * New Yorker *\u003cbr\u003eSimply one of the greatest novels involving food ever written from the writer of \u003ci\u003eWhen Harry Met Sally\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSleepless in Seattle\u003c\/i\u003e. It's about love, sex, adultery and key lime pie -- Jay Rayner\u003cbr\u003eThis book taught me about love, loss and writing. It's a timeless classic * Independent *","brand":"Little, Brown Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864457687383,"sku":"9780349017358","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780349017358.jpg?v=1722272043","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/heartburn-9780349017358","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}