August Book Discussion - Heartburn by Nora Ephron

SarasaSarasa All Saints Host
August's book choice is Heartburn by Nora Ephron. It's a semi-biographical novel about the break up of her second marriage. It's a fairly quick read, funny, sad and thought provoking.
As usual I'll post some questions on or around the 20th.

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  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    I'll be starting it this weekend and look forward to the discussion.
  • MiliMili Shipmate
    I have started reading. I have watched and enjoyed some of Nora Ephron's movie but it is the first time I have read one of her books.
  • TrudyTrudy Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Just discovered I can get this as an e-book from our library and as I'm between books right now, this seems like a good time to read it! I will join the discussion.
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    edited August 2
    Mili wrote: »
    I have started reading. I have watched and enjoyed some of Nora Ephron's movie but it is the first time I have read one of her books.

    You know there is a movie of Heartburn?

    I'm also a fan of some of Ephron's stuff. I think the only person who liked Lucky Numbers.
  • SarasaSarasa All Saints Host
    Thanks for the heads up about the film @steson, I'll give that a whirl.
  • MiliMili Shipmate
    @stetson I only learnt about the movie when I looked up info on the book. I will try and see if I can watch it somewhere. I like most of Ephron's movies that I have seen, except I really disliked John Travolta as the angel in 'Michael'. Although doing some more googling I realise I sometimes get that movie mixed up with 'City of Angels', which I like even less.
  • CaissaCaissa Shipmate
    It's a short read so I will read it closer to the 20th.
  • SarasaSarasa All Saints Host
    I watched the movie last night. It was fun, though I thought the book was better. I also think Jack Nicholson was a bit miscast, thought Meryl Streep was about right. I'd forgotten what she looked like when she was young.
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    Mili wrote: »
    @stetson I only learnt about the movie when I looked up info on the book. I will try and see if I can watch it somewhere. I like most of Ephron's movies that I have seen, except I really disliked John Travolta as the angel in 'Michael'. Although doing some more googling I realise I sometimes get that movie mixed up with 'City of Angels', which I like even less.

    I liked Michael, and I'm not usually fond of mystical whimsy. One thing I thought was amusing about it was that the reporters are tabloid writers, and had no hesitancy about accepting Michael was an angel. Whereas in a world where angels were so easily accepted as a fact of life, tabloids likely wouldn't report on them as they do now.
  • stetsonstetson Shipmate
    According to the article about the movie, the novel was inspired partly by Carl Bernstein's affair with the daughter of James Callaghan.
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