Heartburn is a sinfully delicious novel, as soul-satisfying as mashed potatoes and as airy as a perfect souffl‚. And in between trying to win Mark back and loudly wishing him dead, Ephron's irrepressible heroine offers some of her favourite recipes. Food sometimes is, though, since Rachel writes cookbooks for a living. 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.
Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel Samstat discovers that her husband, Mark, is in love with another woman. It was like a bowl of rice pudding dotted with raisins. 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. NORA EPHRONS novel Heartburn was stuffed with food jokes, sex jokes, food-sex jokes and Jewish food-sex jokes. Heartburn is asinfully delicious novel, as soul-satisfying as mashed potatoes and as airy as a perfect soufflé.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. And in between trying to win Markback and loudly wishing him dead, Ephron's irrepressible heroine offers some of her favorite recipes.
Food sometimes is, though, since Rachel writes cookbooks for a living. Ephron wrote her first novel, Heartburn, after discovering that her second husband, the journalist Carl Bernstein, was cheating on her while she was pregnant. Thefact 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 noconsolation. For in this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast, the creator ofSleepless 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. HeartburnBOOK DETAILPaperback: 179 pages Publisher: Vintage Reissue edition (May 28, 1996) Language: English ISBN-10: 9780679767954ISBN-13: 978-0679767954 ASIN: 0679767959 Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.5 x 8 inches Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces(View shipping rates and policies)Book DescriptionIs it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora Ephron, theanswer is a resounding yes.
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