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Heartburn Paperback – May 28, 1996
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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. In this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast, the creator of Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally... reminds us that comedy depends on anguish as surely as a proper gravy depends on flour and butter.
Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel Samstat discovers that her husband, Mark, is in love with another woman. 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. Food sometimes is, though, since Rachel writes cookbooks for a living. And in between trying to win Mark back and loudly wishing him dead, Ephron's irrepressible heroine offers some of her favorite recipes.
Heartburn is a sinfully delicious novel, as soul-satisfying as mashed potatoes and as airy as a perfect soufflé.
- Print length179 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherVintage
- Publication dateMay 28, 1996
- Dimensions5.2 x 0.53 x 8 inches
- ISBN-109780679767954
- ISBN-13978-0679767954
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"Great fun.... Though Heartburn bristles ferociously with wit, it's not lacking in soul." —The New York Times Book Review
"Nora Ephron's first novel is warm, witty and wise." —Harper's Bazaar
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- ASIN : 0679767959
- Publisher : Vintage; Reissue edition (May 28, 1996)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 179 pages
- ISBN-10 : 9780679767954
- ISBN-13 : 978-0679767954
- Item Weight : 6.4 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.2 x 0.53 x 8 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #13,940 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #142 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
- #195 in Humorous Fiction
- #1,480 in Literary Fiction (Books)
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Nora Ephron has received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay for When Harry Met Sally, Silkwood, and Sleepless in Seattle, which she also directed. She lived in New York City with her husband, writer Nicholas Pileggi.
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I’ve seen her movies but I’ve never read her books. It’s not a traditional fiction novel, but I really connected with the way she wrote it.
She picks words that let you feel her pain. I felt it, and I wasn’t distracted in the least by the odd recipe thrown in. I’m going to make that key lime pie tomorrow.
Required reading for anyone who has ever gone through this situation. It reads like a jumble of thoughts but they connect because that’s exactly how you feel.












