Heartburn [Paperback]

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 ofSleepless in Seattlereminds 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.Heartburnis a sinfully delicious novel, as soul-satisfying as mashed potatoes and as airy as a perfect soufflé.

Great fun. . . . ThoughHeartburnbristles 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

Nora Ephron was the author of the bestsellingI Feel Bad About My Neckas well asHeartburn,Crazy Salad, Wallflower at the Orgy,andScribble Scribble. She wrote and directed the hit movieJulie & Juliaand received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay forWhen Harry Met Sally. . ., Silkwood, andSleepless in Seattle, which she also directed. Her other credits include the script for the stage hitLove, Loss, and What I Worewith Delia Ephron. She died in 2012.