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With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron shares with us her ups and downs in I Feel Bad About My Neck, a candid, hilarious look at women who are getting older and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself.

Ephron chronicles her life as an obsessed cook, passionate city dweller, and hapless parent. But mostly she speaks frankly and uproariously about life as a woman of a certain age. Utterly courageous, uproariously funny, and unexpectedly moving in its truth telling, I Feel Bad About My Neck is a scrumptious, irresistible treat of a book, full of truths, laugh out loud moments that will appeal to readers of all ages.

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“Wickedly witty. . . . Crackling sharp. . . . Fireworks shoot out [of this collection].” —The Boston Globe“Long-overdue. . . . Executed with sharpness and panache . . . . [Nora Ephron] retains an uncanny ability to sound like your best friend, whoever you are. . . . It's good to know that Ms. Ephron's wry, knowing X-ray vision is one of them.” —The New York Times“Women who find themselves somewhere between the arrival of their first wrinkle and death have to hear only the title to get the message.”—Los Angeles Times“Wry and amusing. . . . Marvelous.” —The Washington Post Book World

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Nora Ephron was the author of the bestselling I Feel Bad About My Neck as well as Heartburn, Crazy Salad, Wallflower at the Orgy, and Scribble Scribble. She wrote and directed the hit movie Julie & Julia and received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay for When Harry Met Sally. . ., Silkwood, and Sleepless in Seattle, which she also directed. Her other credits include the script for the stage hit Love, Loss, and What I Wore with Delia Ephron. She died in 2012.

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (April 8, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0307276821
ISBN-13: 978-0307276827
Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.5 x 8 inches
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Average Customer Review: 940 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,412 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #35 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Aging
- #44 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Gender Studies
- #58 in Books > Literature & Fiction > United States > Humor

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SassyPants

I don't feel bad about my neck yet, but I have concerns. . . .

April 28, 2016

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What a thoroughly enjoyable collection of essays and musing by Nora Ephron! My reading of late has been more dense and serious, so this was a wonderful palate cleanser. Ms. Ephron talks about her neck, cheap purses, relationships, raising children, the right apartment, aging, death, and life. The writing strikes the right balance of humor and truth. In one essay she talks about the imaginary conversations she has with some of her favorite chefs/cookbook authors. Reading these essays are like having a conversation with a smart and witty friend. I know that I will be having some imaginary chats with Ms. Ephron soon!

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I recently saw the excellent HBO documentary Nora Ephron's son made in the quest ...

April 20, 2016

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I recently saw the excellent HBO documentary Nora Ephron's son made in the quest to know his late mother better and I became intrigued by the person behind the movies. She's such a dynamic person but her writing is very modest - she never lets on she has been so incredibly successful. A different type of Erma Bombeck who was my mentor in the early years of my marriage and child rearing. I highly recommend the book...if I hadn't gotten anything from the book (and I got lots) I'd joke and say at least she's saved me a lot of money as I will not be buying the latest anti-aging cream in a futile attempt to turn back the clock. She made it very clear that this whole idea is a pipe dream...and she said it with such wonderful wit.

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July 19, 2017

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Ephron nails it in a way that makes me laugh. Growing old is "not for sissies" as an old actor once said. Ephron tells all, the sad, the embarrassing, and the hilarious, with wisdom and expertise. One wonderful plus (a lagniappe, as the Cajuns call it) is a chapter which describes her favorite books. I'm working my way through her list. Ephron's personal insight into her own condition as well as the human condition, imbues every page. When I read, at the very end of the Kindle version, that she passed away many years ago, I grieved.

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Such a funny, poignant book

October 22, 2011

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I am a huge fan of "When Harry Met Sally". That was the first time I have ever heard of Nora Ephron. Then one day on Oprah, I watched an interview with her and she was talking about a book she just wrote called "I Feel Bad About My Neck" and I just absolutely fell in love with Nora Ephron. She was so charming talking to Oprah, like a couple of old girlfriends, and I longed to be in her world.

I eventually got a hold of this book as an audiobook, and when I had to go down to the DMV to renew my license, it made the time go by so much faster. I chuckled out loud so many times while in line, I think people wanted me dead for having any sort of fun at the DMV.

But at the same time, Ephron managed to make me cry. And by the time I had to take my picture, I had to fix my makeup.

If you enjoy a book that makes you laugh, then makes you think, without a lot of foul language or words you have to go look up, this is a great book for you.

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January 5, 2016

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This book consists of a collection of essays, some more entertaining than others. What I enjoyed it about, personally, was that it felt like a conversation that I really would have with one of my own women friends. I also felt it gave me some interesting insight into the mind of a writer whom I admire. When the author, who narrates the audio edition herself, eventually reads an excerpt from one of her best known works, "When Harry Met Sally," I can hear Nora Ephron in the dialogue more than ever.

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One of my new favorite books! So funny I don't think I have ...

December 30, 2017

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One of my new favorite books! So funny I don't think I have ever laughed out loud so much. Some essays were a little hard to get into at first but once you did you never regretted it. Her tone of voice really grabs the reader and sucks you in. Amazing book, and great for many ages of women.

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Melanie

Hilarious, witty, thought provoking

July 18, 2016

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I didn't remember purchasing this book & started reading it one night having no idea what it was about. By chapter 2 I had to stop so I could look to see who the author was. I was literally laughing out loud every chapter of this book. I want to tell Nora Ephron my life story (mostly just the last 3 years - enough for a lifetime) and have her put it in words so that one day my daughter can read it and laugh rather than cry. That's what Nora does, she makes even the saddest things somehow funny & endearing. I loved this book!!

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August 24, 2008

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This book strikes me as "funny but uneven." Its intended audience--and there are many of us--are "women of a certain age." Ephron sets as her target our private thoughts as we watch ourselves age, and some of her observations hit spot-on with her usual delightful humor. It is a short collection (137 pp.) of her essays, originally written as articles for Harper's Bazaar, the New Yorker, O, Vogue, etc. . . . so that's what it reads like. Why I gave the book four stars instead of five is because, in some articles, Ephron's wit seems a little forced or predictable. I like a laugh to sneak up on me, to catch me unawares, but too many times I could see hers coming. Nonetheless, she has some great chapters: about maintenance (when did manicures become indispensible?), failing sight (she can no longer read the telephone book or a restaurant menu), rapture (where she extols the ecstasy of reading), a description of her life in 3,500 words or less (brilliant!), and things she wished that she had known earlier ("if the shoe doesn't fit in the store, it's never going to"). Her last chapter is on death, which the reader is not expecting--but it fits right into her topic and it is a mostly serious and thoughtful piece. She ends that chapter and her book with the single word "goodbye." I hope she doesn't mean it . . .

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OH lady

Not my favorite

I read this because it was selected for my book club. It was just ok. Had a few funny parts. Quick read since so short, but not one I would recommend to my friends.

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Patricia Tomsky

Brilliant funny sad and wonderful

Epitome pits her finger on the experience of aging and then squiggles a hysterical doodle thy makes me bark laughter.Read more

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joan carlo

One Star

Did not care for the book.

Published 4 days ago

Tracey Gemmell

It was like Ms. Ephron was right there staring in the bathroom mirror with me.

I wanted to find this book irrelevant in my far too young life. Instead, it hit all the right buttons, from my neck to my empty nest to my purse. It was like Ms.Read more

Published 14 days ago

MamaJ

meh.

I guess if you're a big Nora Ephron fan, or an older manhattanite woman this book would be for you. I didn't feel like her anecdotes were relevant.

Published 17 days ago

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Five Stars

Fabulous funny reading

Published 1 month ago

Laura

Loved it. So sorry to hear about her death

Loved it. So sorry to hear about her death. I still miss Nora Ephron.

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Annova

Five Stars

I love her books. Wish she was still here, writing her wonderful stories, making us laugh.

Published 2 months ago

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Five Stars

Excellent

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Paula

Three Stars

Not as funny as I expected from Nora.

Published 2 months ago

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