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Nora Ephron Collected
216 pages Avon Books (P) (February 1991) English 0380712539 978-0380712533
216 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 1991
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Nora Ephron
49books2,730followersNora Ephron was an American journalist, film director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, and blogger.
She was best known for her romantic comedies and is a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay; for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in Seattle. She sometimes wrote with her sister, Delia Ephron.
She was best known for her romantic comedies and is a triple nominee for the Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay; for Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally... and Sleepless in Seattle. She sometimes wrote with her sister, Delia Ephron.
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July 24, 2012
I had not read Nora Ephron in a long time when I learned that she had died. This sad news was followed by a semi-obsessive reading about her in The New York Times, Huffington Post, and so forth. Then, it was time to return to Nora's own words for the comfort I needed, so I took this volume off my shelves. I had forgotten how crisp she wrote. How uninhibited, despite all of her declarations of social inhibition. Whether writing about her dying mother, consciousness-raising groups, Gourmet magazine, the making of "When Harry Met Sally" or simply her own writing, she is brilliant. I was surprised that for the first time I saw in her work shades of Joan Didion. I have never considered the two women to be in the same arena, but that is changing -- though Nora is certainly the more amiable of the two. And because I know that Nora would never appreciate anything but complete honesty, I must say here that I can't forgive her for letting Meg Ryan lose her lovely independent bookshop to big bad Tom Hanks's FOX Books. But that does not mean I will ever love her any less. And that's what makes her so wonderful. There is something about her that makes me feel as if I am her family ... as if she is my smart, insightful, sometimes biting (but in the best of ways) older sister. A sister I along with so many others am going to miss like crazy.
July 3, 2016
The cover of this book says "She can write about anything better than anyone else can write about anything." And it's true. More than anything, though, I wish Nora Ephron was still alive so that she could comment on what is going on right now, in American politics, in Hollywood, in the world. There was actually an essay on fame that began by talking about Donald Trump--imagine the possibilities! Reading her thoughts about feminine hygiene products, Upstairs Downstairs (this was my favorite one, it was perfect), Pride and Prejudice, women's colleges, the Pillsbury Bake-Off, the VCR, etc., only makes me want to have her perspective on the current state of things.
January 12, 2024
Glad i listened to this when i was older and could appreciate it more!
January 18, 2011
i am currently reading this and I love it. The essays are chronological and they begin in the 1970's. Her view on everything, absolutely everything, is so funny and so spot on. One of the best writers I every discovered and it was all a complete accident, of course. I'm going to read everything she has ever written and then, I am going to write her a fan letter.
April 7, 2014
Love love love....LOVE
September 21, 2015
Loved this book, funny but also very heart-warming story
February 25, 2025
I had not read Nora Ephron in a long time when I learned that she had died. This sad news was followed by a semi-obsessive reading about her in The New York Times, Huffington Post, and so forth. Then, it was time to return to Nora's own words for the comfort I needed, so I took this volume off my shelves. I had forgotten how crisp she wrote. How uninhibited, despite all of her declarations of social inhibition. Whether writing about her dying mother, consciousness-raising groups, Gourmet magazine, the making of "When Harry Met Sally" or simply her own writing, she is brilliant. I was surprised that for the first time I saw in her work shades of Joan Didion. I have never considered the two women to be in the same arena, but that is changing -- though Nora is certainly the more amiable of the two. And because I know that Nora would never appreciate anything but complete honesty, I must say here that I can't forgive her for letting Meg Ryan lose her lovely independent bookshop to big bad Tom Hanks's FOX Books. But that does not mean I will ever love her any less. And that's what makes her so wonderful. There is something about her that makes me feel as if I am her family ... as if she is my smart, insightful, sometimes biting (but in the best of ways) older sister. A sister I along with so many others am going to miss like crazy.
June 16, 2020
This book, published in 1991, has several columns that Ephron wrote in the 1970s and '80s. Some of them are fascinating in the enlightened but not too enlightened perspective of the day...a Wellesely reunion, feminine hygiene spray, (remember THAT product?!) and get this... the book begins with this sentence -- remember, written in June of 1989 -- "Here's what interests me about Donald Trump: He wants to be famous."
Ephron was a terrific writer, and this is a period piece without parallel. Next up, her collection entitled SCRIBBLE, SCRIBBLE.
Ephron was a terrific writer, and this is a period piece without parallel. Next up, her collection entitled SCRIBBLE, SCRIBBLE.
March 4, 2023
Such fun! She is just enough older than I am. I was an impressionable teenage feminist when the first essays were written. My mother was born and raised in Manhattan and I am quite familiar the Big Apple. I'm a native Californian.
I thoroughly enjoy Ephron's writing, her wit, her perspective on our generation. I love the slice of life stuff from NYC, and the commentaries on the LA scene.
I keep wondering why I had not read her earlier in life.
I thoroughly enjoy Ephron's writing, her wit, her perspective on our generation. I love the slice of life stuff from NYC, and the commentaries on the LA scene.
I keep wondering why I had not read her earlier in life.
September 26, 2018
Smart writing, but a little too dated at this point for me. I had a hard time connecting with pieces written in the 60s and 70s. But there's no doubt she's an intelligent and clever author.
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September 25, 2024Such captivating storytelling. You can hear her voice when she writes
April 22, 2025
#ReadingGoals2018: Book # 12 The lady is very witty and funny...had to be...she created When Harry Met Sally! 😁
June 18, 2016
Of course I'm a fan of her movies. When Harry met Sally is one of my all time favourites and I can quote it like some people quote The Bible. But I wasn't expecting to love this book so so much!! Why hadn't I heard of it before?? I Feel Bad About My Neck and other Essays is just a delight! It's a short book so you think you will read it quickly, but you can't. There's no way you can. Because you laugh so loud and so hard that you have to stop to dry your tears and then you want to revisit those incredibly brilliant, witty, funny passages. Today, on my way to run some errands, I remembered something I'd read last night, and I started laughing out loud on the street! I'm sure people who saw me thought I'm a crazy lady who owns at least twelve cats! I don't care. I'm still laughing.
And then you go to the other Essays and you read On Rapture and you want to do exactly what she says she wanted to do every time she read a book that absorbed her: I wanted to write to her and tell her she was writing about me!!
Nora Ephron wow! I just love such intelligent women, such creative creatures. She certainly had a beautiful mind. After reading it, I went on a shopping-spree and bought all her books. And I've been absorbed ever since.
Every woman on the planet MUST read this book. I guarantee you won't regret it!
Ms Ephron, your passing away was our loss. Wherever you are, I salute you.
And then you go to the other Essays and you read On Rapture and you want to do exactly what she says she wanted to do every time she read a book that absorbed her: I wanted to write to her and tell her she was writing about me!!
Nora Ephron wow! I just love such intelligent women, such creative creatures. She certainly had a beautiful mind. After reading it, I went on a shopping-spree and bought all her books. And I've been absorbed ever since.
Every woman on the planet MUST read this book. I guarantee you won't regret it!
Ms Ephron, your passing away was our loss. Wherever you are, I salute you.
April 16, 2013
This is a collector's item, but only because it is an items collector. By the way Ephron crystallizes particular experiences--from her uncle to celebrities to their living room--and renders them unrelenting significance, she seems to say that perhaps some good things in life are not only worth our time, but also free. Really. Just like this book which I got for ten pesos at Booksale Iloilo. It's a simple, beautiful life. With Nora Ephron.
July 12, 2015
Tried to read some of Nora Ephrons recent collections and couldn't get into them at all. Stumbled on this older collection (1970s-1980s) in the bookshelves of a house I'm staying in, and it's great. NOW I get why people like her writing. Lots of great stuff on second wave feminism, amazing to see how much has changed and how much has remained the same. It's abundantly clear how writers like Lena Dunham and other female memoir/essayist directly grew out of Ephrons work.
July 26, 2016
This began quite strong, but after a while the editorial tone began to get tiring and the insights repetitive. So, well written for what it is, but not something that wowed me. I did not leave this book eager to read more Ephron, and have yet to pick up another of her books.
August 16, 2019
Ok I am cheating because I can't find the audio book choice for "I Feel Bad About My Neck"
So I listened to this. ( I read it first and it really is one of my favourites!!!)
Nora Ephron reads her book.
I liked reading it better
but I still LOOOOOOOVED IT!!!
So I listened to this. ( I read it first and it really is one of my favourites!!!)
Nora Ephron reads her book.
I liked reading it better
but I still LOOOOOOOVED IT!!!
July 8, 2010
Nora Ephron's collection of past articles. Very funny lady.
November 18, 2013
Not as rich as I Feel Bad About My Neck, nor as funny as Heartburn, but witty, often brilliant Nora Ephron all the same.
March 26, 2014
Just OK. Funny, comfortable
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October 9, 2018not as funny as I had hoped
May 31, 2014
Fascinating to hear someone comment on second-wave feminism in real time
February 13, 2016
I LOVED this book and LOVE Nora Ephron. We miss your great wit!
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