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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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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A candid, hilarious look at women of a certain age and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself.

“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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“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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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group; Reprint edition (April 8, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 137 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0307276821
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0307276827
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.8 ounces
  • 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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I write this nearly half blind due to my new transitions lenses to which I’m still trying to acquaint myself. Having turned the half century mark half a calendar year ago, I can with all confidence say that I get what Nora was saying here. And I can call her Nora because she wrote in such a conversational tone that I felt her whisper read into my ear. You can call her Nora too. She won’t mind.Nora was a gifted writer, a story teller and master linguist. She wrote with eloquence, making you wish you had penned some of the gorgeous passages, those truth bombs cloaked in poetry. And that’s when she gets you. When you least expect it, she goes low. Her sense of humor could make a sailor blush, but that’s what made her such a genius.The chapter entitled “Rapture” was one of my favorites; a pearl in a twist of jewels it was if for the he simple fact that it is an ode to the love of books. But the first chapter. The one about a woman’s neck after she’s (ahem) a certain age? Yeah. That one hit where it hurts.Self deprecating, honest and equally likable, I’d have enjoyed having a slice of cabbage strudel with her. And I don’t like cabbage. But for Nora, I’d make an exception.
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Beach Girl
5.0 out of 5 stars Nora Ephron
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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
4.0 out of 5 stars 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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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
3.0 out of 5 stars 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
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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Marsha Wellnitz
4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully funny book
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5.0 out of 5 stars A fun read
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The book is like a good friend talking about life as we know it.
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Martin/Deb
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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renee
5.0 out of 5 stars Please read, this book is AMAZING
Reviewed in Canada on November 20, 2022
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This is my third copy of this book. This is It sounds corny, but this book shaped
How I saw myself as a woman. Nora and her view on what it means to be a modern day woman really helped my let go of so much guilt.
I reread this book for the first time in many years, I was so happy that it held up. Nora’s writing aged well. 💀RIP Nora
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5.0 out of 5 stars Love it!
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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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5.0 out of 5 stars 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.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 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
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francesca t.
3.0 out of 5 stars 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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