I Feel Bad About My Neck, and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman

Ephron, Nora

ISBN 10: 0307264556 / ISBN 13: 9780307264558

Published by October 2016, 2016

About this Item

very good condition; first edition, sixth printing from aug 2006; signed and inscribed on first page by ephron; mylar'd in store for protection Good, minimal shelfwear, clean text.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: I Feel Bad About My Neck, and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
• Publisher: October 2016
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0307264556
• ISBN 13: 9780307264558
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Used
• Signed: Signed By Author
• Seller catalogs:
  • Rare/Signed

About this title

Synopsis

With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron shares with us her ups and downs in I Feel Bad About My Neck, a candid, hilarious look at women who are getting older and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself.

The woman who brought us When Harry Met Sally . . . , Sleepless in Seattle, You’ve Got Mail, and Bewitched, and the author of best sellers Heartburn, Scribble Scribble, and Crazy Salad, discusses everything—from how much she hates her purse to how much time she spends attempting to stop the clock: the hair dye, the treadmill, the lotions and creams that promise to slow the aging process but never do. Oh, and she can’t stand the way her neck looks. But her dermatologist tells her there’s no quick fix for that.

Ephron chronicles her life as an obsessed cook, passionate city dweller, and hapless parent.  She recounts her anything-but-glamorous days as a White House intern during the JFK years (“I am probably the only young woman who ever worked in the Kennedy White House that the President did not make a pass at”) and shares how she fell in and out of love with Bill Clinton—from a distance, of course.  But mostly she speaks frankly and uproariously about life as a woman of a certain age.

Utterly courageous, wickedly funny, and unexpectedly moving in its truth telling, I Feel Bad About My Neck is a book of wisdom, advice, and laugh-out-loud moments, a scrumptious, irresistible treat.

About the Author

Nora Ephron is also the author of Wallflower at the Orgy. She received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay for When Harry Met Sally..., Silkwood, and Sleepless in Seattle, which she also directed. Her other credits include the film Michael and the play Imaginary Friends. She lives in New York City with her husband, writer Nicholas Pileggi.