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Heartburn

By Nora Ephron

By Nora Ephron

By Nora Ephron

By Nora Ephron

By Nora Ephron
Read by Meryl Streep

By Nora Ephron
Read by Meryl Streep

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Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Part of Vintage Contemporaries

Paperback $17.00

May 28, 1996 | ISBN 9780679767954

Ebook $12.99

Aug 17, 2011 | ISBN 9780307797902

Audiobook Download $17.50

Jul 09, 2013 | 330 Minutes

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    About Heartburn

    A 40th anniversary reissue of Ephron’s hilarious first novel that memorably mixed food, heartbreak, and revenge into a comic masterpiece—now with a new foreword by Stanley Tucci. • “Touching and funny…. Proof that writing well is the best revenge.” —Chicago Tribune

    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.

    About Heartburn

    A 40th anniversary reissue of Ephron’s hilarious first novel that memorably mixed food, heartbreak, and revenge into a comic masterpiece—now with a new foreword by Stanley Tucci. • “Touching and funny…. Proof that writing well is the best revenge.” —Chicago Tribune

    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.

    About Heartburn

    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 soufflé.

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    About Nora Ephron

    Nora Ephron was the author of the hugely successful I Feel Bad About My Neck, I Remember Nothing, and Heartburn among many others. She received Academy Award nominations for best original screenplay for When Harry Met Sally . . . , Silkwood, and Sleepless in Seattle, which she also… More about Nora Ephron

    About Nora Ephron

    Nora Ephron was the author of the hugely successful I Feel Bad About My Neck, I Remember Nothing, and Heartburn among many others. She received Academy Award nominations for best original screenplay for When Harry Met Sally . . . , Silkwood, and Sleepless in Seattle, which she also… More about Nora Ephron

    About Nora Ephron

    Nora Ephron was the author of the hugely successful I Feel Bad About My Neck, I Remember Nothing, and Heartburn among many others. She received Academy Award nominations for best original screenplay for When Harry Met Sally . . . , Silkwood, and Sleepless in Seattle, which she also… More about Nora Ephron

    Product Details

    Category: Women’s Fiction

    Paperback | $17.00
    Published by Vintage
    May 28, 1996 | 192 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780679767954

    Category: Women’s Fiction

    Ebook | $12.99
    Published by Vintage
    Aug 17, 2011 | 192 Pages | ISBN 9780307797902

    Category: Women’s Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $17.50
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jul 09, 2013 | 330 Minutes | ISBN 9780385367295
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    Praise

    “Touching and funny…. Proof that writing well is the best revenge.” —Chicago Tribune

    “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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