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...Icebreaker, Gardner (8) 10. Heartburn, Ephron...
FICTION: Ancient Evenings, Norman Mailer ∙Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Mdrquez Heartburn, Nora Ephron Ironweed, William Kennedy Pilgermann, Russell Hoban ∙Sister Age, M.F.K. Fisher
Ancient Evenings, Norman Mailer ∙ Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel Garcia Márquez Heartburn, Nora Ephron Ironweed, William Kennedy ∙ The Little Drummer Girl, John le Carré Tzili: The Story of a Life, Aharon Appelfeld
These alone would make Heartburn a useful anthology of insults. But Ephron has another purpose. It is no secret that her marriages were more the stuff of Congreve than Cosmo. The first, to Comedy Writer Dan Greenburg (How to Be a Jewish Mother), ended in 1973. The second, to Journalist Carl Bernstein (All the President's Men), was finished shortly after the birth of their second son. Bernstein's association with an ambassador's wife had been Topic A at Washington parties. When Ephron discovered the liaison, she headed back to New York City and retribution...
...based on Nora's therapist Mildred Newman (How to Be Your Own Best Friend), or if Pollster Pat Caddell's white and black beard has been transferred to the chin of Carl Bernstein. That is the stuff of columns, not criticism. Long after the chatter has abated, Heartburn will be providing insights and laughter. Forty thousand copies are already in print, and the bestseller list cannot be far away. As Nora Ephron is about to learn, leaving well is the best revenge...