On parenting. Nora Ephron is funny. The largest section of the book deals with her political journalism, which I am sure if you are American or interested in American politics would be absolutely on the nose, but for me it was largely a chore to get through. I knew very little about Nora Ephron's life. Charming and witty. This is the kind of collection meant for snacking . Six months around the weirdest bits of Asia… what could possibly go wrong? She bagged BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for 'When Harry Met Sally' and was also nominated thrice for the Academy Award for Best Writing. Do you believe that this item violates a copyright? I'm a fan of Ephron's work and did not need convincing to read this! Organized by occupation (The Journalist, The Advocate, The Foodie, The Blogger, and others), the volume contains numerous classics: her novel Heartburn; the screenplay to When Harry Met Sally; and wry essays on aging that made her collections, I Feel Bad About My Neck and I Remember Nothing, bestsellers. Nora on life in the Google years. Something went wrong. It did her justice and was a good read. THE ULTIMATE NORA EPHRON COLLECTION, PACKED WITH WIT, WISDOM AND COMFORT, WITH A FOREWORD FROM INDIA KNIGHT'It's got a little bit of everything, from witty essays on feminism, beauty, and ageing to profiles of empowering female figures' ELLE'The perfect introduction to the iconic writer' STYLISTINCLUDING:* Nora's much-loved essays on everything from friendship to feminism to journalism* Extracts from her bestselling novel Heartburn* Scenes from her hilarious screenplay for When Harry Met Sally* Her favourite recipes* The complete text of her play, Lucky GuyPRAISE FOR NORA EPHRON'So bold and so vulnerable at the same time. There was a problem loading your book clubs. This is a book you can return to again and again - there is something inspiring and wise in it for every stage of your life. Fulfillment by Amazon (FBA) is a service we offer sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's fulfillment centers, and we directly pack, ship, and provide customer service for these products. —Heather Havrilesky. Please try again. I have been a long time Nora Ephron fan, having read several of her shorter works, read screenplays and watched movies and this compilation of Ephron's work is a way to immerse myself in her brilliant, biting, insightful, sharp witted and intelligent writing. Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2019. Nearly 80 stellar essays are accompanied by Ephron’s novel, Heartburn; her play, Lucky Guy, and her acclaimed, oft-quoted screenplay for When Harry Met Sally. He finds it in Jason Cashman, a ten-year-old boy with a terminal heart defect. Nora on the "O" word and remembering nothing. Recipes for a Sacred Life: True Stories and a Few Miracles, Good Versus Evil in the Films of Christopher Lee. She took comfort in the little things and held fast to the notion that every terrible experience might someday redeem itself by making a really funny story. Nora as writer/director of "You've Got Mail" and "Sleepless in Seattle." I'm a fan of Ephron's work and did not need convincing to read this! The Most of Nora Ephron is a one-stop shop for all your Ephron needs.The work anthologizes huge portions of the author’s career, publishing selections from her life as a … Charming and witty. Love, Loss, and What I Wore is a play written by Nora and Delia Ephron based on the 1995 book of the same name by Ilene Beckerman.It is organized as a series of monologues and uses a rotating cast of five principal women. This is the kind of collection meant for snacking . Her food writing absolutely shines and I really enjoyed the section where she talks about script writing using When Harry Met Sally as an example. . This book did a good job of presenting her writings in a chronological order, emphasizing how the writing matched what was going on in Nora's life at the time. Nora Ephron was the author of the hugely successful I Feel Bad About My Neck, I Remember Nothing, and Heartburn. © 2009 Columbia Pictures Corporation. She took comfort in the little things and held fast to the notion that every terrible experience might someday redeem itself by making a really funny story. (“I’ll have what she’s having”) to her recent play Lucky Guy (published here for the first time); from her ongoing love affair with food, recipes and all, to her extended takes on such controversial women as Lillian Hellman and Helen Gurley Brown; from her pithy blogs on politics to her moving meditations on aging (“I Feel Bad About My Neck”) and dying. Her food writing absolutely shines and I really enjoyed the section where she talks about script writing using When Harry Met Sally as an example. Nora sitting around with Rob Reiner dithering with improving the script of "When Harry Met Sally." It takes a particular combination of winning voice and brutal candor, of intimacy and objectivity, to turn what happens to you into a story that means something to the wider world . Her confiding tone makes her feel like a girlfriend, someone I stay in touch with long after moving on from the school or job where we first met. --This text refers to the, Nora Ephron (1941–2012) was an exceptionally smart, funny, and caring journalist, essayist, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, blogger, producer, and director. However, I like how it does not really have a unifying subject matter except that every story or article reveals a slice of her perspective on herself, life and the world. I don't know how she did it' PHOEBE WALLER-BRIDGE 'Nora's exacting, precise, didactic, tried-and-tested, sophisticated-woman-wearing-all-black wisdom is a comfort and a relief' DOLLY ALDERTON'Nora Ephron is the funniest, cleverest, wisest friend you could have' NIGELLA LAWSON'I am only the one of millions of women who will miss Nora's voice' LENA DUNHAM. This splendid collection of Nora Ephron's work should be read by every woman in America, and MOST men. [...] Ephron's fun-house lens distilled accomplishments and dissapointments alike into excuses to laugh. If you're a seller, Fulfillment by Amazon can help you grow your business. Buy The Most of Nora Ephron by Nora Ephron, India Knight from Waterstones today! (Nov.), Nora Ephron (1941–2012) was an exceptionally smart, funny, and caring journalist, essayist, novelist, playwright, screenwriter, blogger, producer, and director. Reviewed in the United States on December 25, 2013. Buy it and read it - you won’t regret it! This splendid collection of Nora Ephron's work should be read by every woman in America, and MOST men. Meryl Streep in Julie & Julia (2009). Her last two books, I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections (2010) and I Feel Bad about My Neck (2006), were best-sellers; her films include Silkwood, Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, and Julie & Julia. . The Most of Nora Ephron: The ultimate anthology. I thought Ephron had a good 'voice' - someone you'd want to be friends with and also loved when Harry Met Sally so I got this book hoping for more of Heartburn. Please try your request again later. Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2021. Parker was cold at the heart; Ephron was warm and human all the way through. Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2019. . Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Or get 4-5 business-day shipping on this item for $5.99 Especially now, in the midst of a pandemic and post-election events, I appreciate the humor Nora brings to the world. Readers are not meant to read it straight through, but sample it as one would a box of chocolates. . This book did a good job of presenting her writings in a chronological order, emphasizing how the writing matched what was going on in Nora's life at the time. I bought this as a gift for a bookworm friend of mine and she loved it. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 6, 2020. A whopping big celebration of the work of the late, great Nora Ephron, America’s funniest—and most acute—writer, famous for her brilliant takes on life as we’ve been living it these last forty years. When I discovered the depth of the collection, I decided I wanted to own it. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions. She was such a creative and wide ranging talent- this collection is a treasure for me to dip into and reflect upon, laugh over and be surprised anew by her breadth of knowledge. Nora, the foodie, on having people to dinner and life in the land of the egg-white omelette. Alone in the Kitchen with an Eggplant: Confessions of Cooking for One and Dining Alone by Jenni … She would want readers to meander, sampling things they had never tried or bits that look especially tasty. Nora Ephron died of leukemia at 71 in June, 2012. In his introduction to The Most of Nora Ephron, Editor Robert Gottlieb gives as a purpose of this collection to “celebrate the richness of her work, the amazing arch of her career”. Please try again. Everything is copy, Ephron's mother always said. Nora Ephron was a notable American screenwriter, producer, director, journalist, playwright, essayist and a blogger renowned for her romantic comedy. “Nora Ephron was the person everybody wanted to hang out with, in part because she was funny and charming but more critically because she made the people she was with feel funny and charming . This is the kind of collection meant for snacking . , Silkwood, and Sleepless in Seattle, which she also directed. It did her justice and was a good read. I knew very little about Nora Ephron's life. THE ULTIMATE NORA EPHRON COLLECTION, PACKED WITH WIT, WISDOM AND COMFORT, WITH A FOREWORD FROM INDIA KNIGHT'It's got a little bit of everything, from witty essays on feminism, beauty, and ageing to profiles of empowering female figures' ELLE'The perfect introduction to the iconic writer' STYLISTINCLUDING:* Nora's much-loved essays on everything from friendship to … A canny interpreter of the zeitgeist, Ephron threshed topics social, cultural, and political, and shared her passion for food. So many pages, so many Noras, and all of them well worth reading. Nora Ephron was educated at Wellesley College, Massachusetts. She was also a bestselling novelist (Heartburn , made into a film starring Jack Nicholson and Meryl Streep), and journalist. I read Heartburn and found it brilliant - funny, sad, original and whilst set in a specific time and place still resonated. The Most of Nora Ephron. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2020, An endearing heroine with a wonderful use of language. Please try your request again later. Nora Ephron Photo by MICHAEL NAGLE So in the beginning of this boulder of a book, a posthumous collection of her life's work, I wasn't sure I could finish. This is exactly that. Wherever you land you should find a good read. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Something wise and inspiring in this book for every stage of your life! . Reviewed in the United States on November 7, 2016. This is the kind of collection meant for snacking . Brief content visible, double tap to read full content. She left us too soon, so I'm glad I got this great, big fat compendium of her work from the many facets of her life--newspaper and magazine journalist, epic foodie, novelist, screenwriter, playwright. . Read this! This posthumous collection celebrates Ephron's talent for turning her experiences into material, no matter the medium. Nora's script of "Lucky Guy," her 2-act play that ran on Broadway, starring Tom Hanks, in 2013. I had just finished reading Heartburn, which I loved and wanted more of Ephron's writing. Nora's script of "Lucky Guy," her 2-act play that ran on Broadway, starring Tom Hanks, in 2013. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. So many pages, so many Noras, and all of them well worth reading. (Prices may vary for AK and HI.). The largest section of the book deals with her political journalism, which I am sure if you are American or interested in American politics would be absolutely on the nose, but for me it was largely a chore to get through. —Heather Havrilesky Learn more about the program. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2021, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2021. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Because she seeks the truth, after I've stopped laughing, I find myself oddly, deeply affected and a bit teared up. The Most of Nora Ephron gives her fans a chance to rummage through her desk . . I had just finished reading Heartburn, which I loved and wanted more of Ephron's writing. (Nov.) Nora Ephron was the author of the hugely successful I Feel Bad About My Neck, I Remember Nothing, and Heartburn.