Heartburn - Nora Ephron

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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.
• For in this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast, the creator of Sleepless in Seattle 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 souffl . 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.
• For in this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast, the creator of Sleepless in Seattle reminds us that comedy depends on anguish as surely as a proper gravy depends on flour and butter.