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Heartburn

By: Nora Ephron
Narrated by: Meryl Streep
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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.

 Women's Fiction Family Life Witty Heartfelt Marriage Funny Fiction Literature & Fiction Literary Fiction Genre Fiction Suspenseful

Critic reviews

“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

“Filled with home truths and hilarity.”—Cosmopolitan

“Witty all the time.”—Vanity Fair

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This Book is very good for someone going through the troubles of a relationship crisis. It helped me focus on something other than my own worries.

Meryl Streep is magnificent

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Listening to this book is like going to the theater to see a one-person act. Streep gives a terrific performance as Rachel, the narrator, and does wonderful accents and voices for everyone else. I think I would have found the book boring if I had read it myself, but listening was a delight.

Incredible performance!

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I enjoyed the recipes but the rest was a bit of a letdown. I'm thinking that to really enjoy this book you would need to have had a divorce.

meh

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Really wowed me in the most subtle way. Not your typical story or storytelling of heartache. The main character is a brave and silly woman. Very well written, listened to it all at once. APPLAUSE!!!

A Breath of Fresh Air!!

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I loved reading Heartburn. The only thing missing was Meryl Streep reading it to me.

wow

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