![]() Honestly, don’t read it on your commute unless you like guffawing in public, it really is that funny.īut it’s tinged with sadness and a smidgen of desperation, too, and there are brief moments of poignancy that give the tale a very human touch. It’s a brilliant comic read that transforms a personal tragedy into a laugh-out-loud farce. I came to Heartburn via my book group when it was chosen as our November read. She’s probably better known as the screenwriter of the Hollywood films When Harry Met Sally (1989) and Sleepless in Seattle (1993), among others. Recently republished as part of Virago’s Modern Classic 40th anniversary series, it was Ephron’s only novel (albeit a thinly disguised memoir about her own marriage break up with investigative journalist Carl Bernstein). Fiction – paperback Virago 192 pages 2018.įirst published in 1983, Nora Ephron’s Heartburn is a black comedy about the break up of a marriage between a high-flying journalist and a celebrity food writer. ![]()
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