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Heartburn (Vintage Contemporaries)

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A 40th anniversary reissue of the national bestselling author's hilarious first novel that memorably mixed food, heartbreak, and revenge into a comic masterpiece—now with a new foreword by Stanley Tucci. • "Touching and funny.... Proof that writing well is the best revenge." —Chicago Tribune 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. In this inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy, and pot roast, the creator of Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally... reminds 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. Heartburn is a sinfully delicious novel, as soul-satisfying as mashed potatoes and as airy as a perfect soufflé. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Vintage


Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 28, 1996


Edition ‏ : ‎ Reissue


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 179 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 4


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 54


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.15 x 0.51 x 7.95 inches


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  • Recipes and romance! What could be bad?
Format: Paperback
This book was fun - a classic, actually - that somehow I never read. Funny, sad, insightful. Great recipies. Foodies and fans of Noral Ephron will love this book.
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2026 by NolaStJ

  • GREAT READ
Format: Kindle
THIS AUTHOR HAS A GREAT WAY OF USING HER JEWISH HUMOR TO TELL A LOT OF HUMAN TRUTHS. DON'T MISS THIS STORY.
Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2026 by irishlass

  • Wounded
Format: Kindle
I adore Nora Ephron, which means I have very high expectations of everything she writes. I miss her so much I read this older title and was a bit disappointed. It was funny in a bleak kind of way. And she managed some great zingers. But it never had me laughing/crying the way "I Feel Bad About My Neck" did. My gut feeling is that she was a little too freshly wounded to make betrayal and the breakup of a marriage funny. I'm guessing I'm the last of her fans to read this, so my opinion won't matter a bit. Everyone else read this years ago! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2013 by leeharrison

  • Funny and Sad Married
Format: Kindle
Can very funny and very sad be intellectual partners? In this case they fit well together; better than many marriages.
Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2026 by Robert Marrow

  • A GOOD READ
Format: Kindle
This is an old book that I didn't read when it first came out though I really love Nora Ephron's writing. This was a funny/sad reflection of how a woman copes with a husband who cheated on her near the end of her second pregnancy and the breakup of that marriage. It was not hilariously funny like "When Harry Met Sally" but it had some zingers and some really good recipes. I'm happy I read it and certainly recommend it to other readers. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 5, 2024 by E. Piper

  • Muy conmovedora!
Format: Kindle
Es una novela que es real, eso es lo que amo de Ephron. Ella no necesita inventar nada, la vida misma la inspira. Además su escritura es impecable. ¿Como es posible que una historia tan triste como empoderadora pudiera ser escrita de forma tan cómica y entretenida? He aquí la respuesta: Vera said: “Why do you feel you have to turn everything into a story?” So I told her why: Because if I tell the story, I control the version. Because if I tell the story, I can make you laugh, and I would rather have you laugh at me than feel sorry for me. Because if I tell the story, it doesn’t hurt as much. Because if I tell the story, I can get on with it. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2026 by Liz Lezcano

  • Not quite what I expected from Nora
Format: Kindle
Hmm, not sure why I kept reading to the end. Okay, but not in my Top 100. Ah well, can’t win them all.
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2026 by am

  • Heartburn is a heart-breaker - literally
Format: Paperback
I have loved Nora Ephron for years because of her movies. Last year I read one of her books of essays from the 1970s/80s and was pleased to note that her wit works its wonders without actors and a big screen too. The fictionalized story of Ephron's own experience with (and subsequent divorce from) Carl Bernstein, Heartburn is a heart-breaker - literally. But it is also a cleverly written story of what happens when things go all to hell, and how it is possible to pick up the pieces and move on with humor and aplomb. Ephron manages to capture the breakup of a marriage in a way that is simultaneously touching, crushing, hysterical, and infuriating - I wanted to throw a pie at the heroine's cheating husband myself long before she ever did... ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2011 by Jill-Elizabeth (Jill Franclemont)

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