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.</p>
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诺拉·艾芙隆 Nora Ephron(1941 - 2012)
好莱坞最具影响力的女性之一,诸多脍炙人口经典电影《西雅图不眠夜》《当哈利遇到莎莉》《电子情书》《朱莉和朱莉娅》等的编剧和导演,曾三次荣获奥斯卡金像奖最佳原著剧本奖提名。同时也是一位才华横溢的作家,出版过畅销书《心火》《我的脖子让我很不爽》《我什么都没记住》和《疯狂沙拉》等,她的随笔亲切率真,透着睿智和风趣。
从诺拉的生活记录中,我们可以发现她还是个狂热的美食爱好者、热情的都市生活家、倒霉的单亲妈妈,还有其他许多丰富的面貌。她结过三次婚,其中一任丈夫是《华盛顿邮报》记者,她就俩人的婚姻关系写下自传小说《心火》,后来将这本小说改编成电影剧本,并且执导,由奥斯卡金像奖帝后杰克·尼克逊及梅丽尔·斯特里普共同担纲演出。
2012年,艾芙隆因白血病在纽约去世,享年71岁。
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