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I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman Paperback – April 8, 2008

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“Wickedly witty ... Crackling sharp ... Fireworks shoot out [of this collection].” —The Boston Globe

With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron chronicles her life as an obsessed cook, passionate city dweller, and hapless parent. But mostly she speaks frankly and uproariously about life as an older woman. Utterly courageous, uproariously funny, and unexpectedly moving in its truth telling, I Feel Bad About My Neck is a scrumptious, irresistible treat of a book, full of truths, laugh out loud moments that will appeal to readers of all ages.

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A candid, hilarious look at women of a certain age and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself.
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“Wickedly witty ... Crackling sharp ... Fireworks shoot out [of this collection].” —The Boston Globe

“Long-overdue ... Executed with sharpness and panache ... [Nora Ephron] retains an uncanny ability to sound like your best friend, whoever you are ... It's good to know that Ms. Ephron's wry, knowing X-ray vision is one of them." —The New York Times

“Women who find themselves somewhere between the arrival of their first wrinkle and death have to hear only the title to get the message." —Los Angeles Times

“Wry and amusing.... Marvelous." —The Washington Post Book World

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NORA EPHRON was the author of the bestselling I Feel Bad About My Neck as well as Heartburn, Crazy Salad, Wallflower at the Orgy, and Scribble Scribble. She wrote and directed the hit movie Julie & Julia and 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 script for the stage hit Love, Loss, and What I Wore with Delia Ephron. She died in 2012.

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What I Wish I’d KnownPeople have only one way to be.Buy, don’t rent.Never marry a man you wouldn’t want to be divorcedfrom.Don’t cover a couch with anything that isn’t more orless beige.Don’t buy anything that is 100 percent wool even if itseems to be very soft and not particularly itchy whenyou try it on in the store.You can’t be friends with people who call after 11 p.m.Block everyone on your instant mail.The world’s greatest babysitter burns out after two anda half years.You never know.The last four years of psychoanalysis are a waste ofmoney.The plane is not going to crash.Anything you think is wrong with your body at the ageof thirty-five you will be nostalgic for at the age of forty-five.At the age of fifty-five you will get a saggy roll justabove your waist even if you are painfully thin.This saggy roll just above your waist will be especiallyvisible from the back and will force you to reevaluatehalf the clothes in your closet, especially the whiteshirts.Write everything down.Keep a journal.Take more pictures.The empty nest is underrated.You can order more than one dessert.You can’t own too many black turtleneck sweaters.If the shoe doesn’t fit in the shoe store, it’s never goingto fit.When your children are teenagers, it’s important to havea dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.Back up your files.Overinsure everything.Whenever someone says the words “Our friendship ismore important than this,” watch out, because it almostnever is.There’s no point in making piecrust from scratch.The reason you’re waking up in the middle of the nightis the second glass of wine.The minute you decide to get divorced, go see a lawyerand file the papers.Overtip.Never let them know.If only one third of your clothes are mistakes, you’reahead of the game.If friends ask you to be their child’s guardian in casethey die in a plane crash, you can say no.There are no secrets.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group; Reprint edition (April 8, 2008)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 137 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0307276821
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0307276827
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.88 x 5.3 x 0.48 inches

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Nora Ephron has received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay for When Harry Met Sally, Silkwood, and Sleepless in Seattle, which she also directed. She lived in New York City with her husband, writer Nicholas Pileggi.

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Beach Girl

Nora Ephron

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2024

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All her books are soooo good what a great writer of books and great movies

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T in CA

a bit dated, but amusing

Reviewed in the United States on March 12, 2024

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Read this years ago and laughed my socks off. Re-read recently and found the book a bit out-dated, but still amusing.

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Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2024

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I gave to my friend to read while getting chemo for her breast cancer. She loved it and laughed historically! Story of getting older and all the extra care you take before you exit your house.

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M. Galindo

Some Good, Some Not So Good

Reviewed in the United States on July 3, 2007

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My expectation for this book was lightweight humor on women's aging, so I don't think I was expecting too much. There were a few essays that I felt delivered, specifically the ones pertaining to neck, purses, maintenence, and death/dying. I even enjoyed the essays on cooking and child rearing as sort of capsules in time, so to speak. They were amusing and quick, easy reads.

I did, however, think the essays that pertained to her apartment dilemma in New York, and her life in New York overall, were limiting and pointless. Who cares what rent costs in New York for a person making in excess of $250,000, and how does that pertain to aging? And when she began to whine about her rent going up, she lost me completely. I was also not big on digs to her ex-husbands. She's divorced? Fine, lots of people are, but keep the bitterness out unless she was willing to grant equal time to her exes to let us get a glimpse of how she was in the marriage.

For this book to have made it as the "hit" it was hyped to be, Ms. Ephron should have kept it on a more generic level - something all women could relate to. But, on some levels it is amusing.

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Chocolattez

poignant funny and so true!

Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2023

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Someone recommended this for book club... and I am so glad that they did.. now I want to read all her other books..she is so funny.. her comments on life so true.. i wonder tho if I would have enjoyed it as much if I were younger.. it seems to me that you have to have lived a lot of your life to truly appreciate what she says ... but maybe not.. a good read!!

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Wonderfully funny book

Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2024

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Martin/Deb

Nora Ephron Knows How to Hit the Funny Bone!

Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2010

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First of all, I chose this book for an academic book review.

In the book titled "I Feel Bad about My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman, Nora Ephron screenwriter, novelist, producer, and film director expresses her physical, mental, and emotional outpourings on age advancement.
I wasn't really sure what to expect when I opened the book and began to read. The first lines read like poetry. Then the author switched gears, like a truck going from 1st gear directly into 4th with all the sputtering and grind. Still in the first chapter, in fact just a few paragraphs into this book, I was having some doubts; the writing felt a bit harsh. I put the book down and asked my husband who was driving, if I could read something to him. He agreed and I continued but this time out loud. The more I read, the better the book became. Pretty soon I was laughing at the authors whimsical permutations and my husband was making wisecracks. I guess I can see his point of view; after all, the entire book is based on troubleshooting the undesirables that come with a women and age.
I wouldn't recommend this well spun thread of amusing literature to just anyone. It is meant for women who have reached the point in their life when they realize they have spent all their extras such as money, and time on everyone else but themselves. Personally I loved this writing. I highly recommended the humorous readings in this book to my mother who is involved in numerous ladies social groups; Friday Club, Red Hats, Wednesday's Monthly to name a few.
I found this book to be an eye-opener full of cunning anecdotes and surprising charm. Women will continue to troubleshoot areas of their lives looking for the age-defying miracle concoction that will allow them to live long, yet retain their ageless beauty; Everything really is copy.

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Nice Quick Read

Reviewed in the United States on September 10, 2023

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Even though I’m not yet as old as Nora, I felt her commentary on aging really hit home. I felt like I was following along with her inner thoughts- the ones so many of us have but don’t voice. And I appreciate her honesty and realistic evaluation of life. Now off I go to find some expensive creams and oils that definitely will work ;)

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Poorvika Aravindan

Love it!

Reviewed in India on January 11, 2024

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I love this book sooo soooo much. It's not a book but a phone call. When I read this book It felt like I was talking to my closest friend. Those weird thoughts we all have!! Loved it.

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My first Nora Ephron book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2023

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And I loved it so much, I ordered all of her other books too. Funny and insightful, an absolute pleasure to read.

Pattycakes

Very Funny

Reviewed in Canada on January 31, 2021

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Fun read for all your girlfriends of a certain age.

ZHANG

Full of laughters and love

Reviewed in France on October 28, 2022

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Great book to kill time, very easy to read, full of wisdom and humors. Highly recommended

francesca t.

Piacevole e sincero

Reviewed in Italy on September 15, 2022

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Molte riflessioni oneste sulla vita e sulle relazioni. Alcune per me personalmente poco interessanti. Altre che fanno riflettere. Quando sono simili alle tue … come dice lei vorresti scriverle per condividere di più. Ma troppo tardi…

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