I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (873 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0307276821 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Ephron's eclectic essays about life as an older woman certainly provide humor and insight into the lives of sexagenarians who have spent most of their lives as city girls. But mostly, her voice evokes the image of a serene and wise woman providing her insights. Her gentle comedic delivery of punch lines will evoke smiles in listeners. She both mocks and embraces the lifestyle she has maintained over the past decades. . While her sincerity at times clashes with her sarcasm, causing the listener to pause and determine what she meant, she still produces moments where her positive energ
But mostly she speaks frankly and uproariously about life as a woman of a certain age. 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.. 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.Ephron chronicles her life as an obsessed cook, passionate city dweller, and hapless parent
Melanie said Hilarious, witty, thought provoking. I didn't remember purchasing this book & started reading it one night having no idea what it was about. By chapter "Hilarious, witty, thought provoking" according to Melanie. I didn't remember purchasing this book & started reading it one night having no idea what it was about. By chapter 2 I had to stop so I could look to see who the author was. I was literally laughing out loud every chapter of this book. I want to tell Nora Ephron my life story (mostly just the last Hilarious, witty, thought provoking I didn't remember purchasing this book & started reading it one night having no idea what it was about. By chapter 2 I had to stop so I could look to see who the author was. I was literally laughing out loud every chapter of this book. I want to tell Nora Ephron my life story (mostly just the last 3 years - enough for a lifetime) and have her put it in words so that one day. years - enough for a lifetime) and have her put it in words so that one day. I had to stop so I could look to see who the author was. I was literally laughing out loud every chapter of this book. I want to tell Nora Ephron my life story (mostly just the last Hilarious, witty, thought provoking I didn't remember purchasing this book & started reading it one night having no idea what it was about. By chapter 2 I had to stop so I could look to see who the author was. I was literally laughing out loud every chapter of this book. I want to tell Nora Ephron my life story (mostly just the last 3 years - enough for a lifetime) and have her put it in words so that one day. years - enough for a lifetime) and have her put it in words so that one day. "A Must for All Women" according to mariela. Wow! This book was definitely not what I was expecting. I was laughing out loud like a maniac! And then I was moved to tears by what she said. And then I was left thinking about what she said. I love bright, funny, creative women who are so so talented. I bought Heartburn as soon as I finished this one, that is a few hours after I started it, because it absorbed me so compl. A Quick Read This book strikes me as "funny but uneven." Its intended audience--and there are many of us--are "women of a certain age." Ephron sets as her target our private thoughts as we watch ourselves age, and some of her observations hit spot-on with her usual delightful humor. It is a short collection (137 pp.) of her essays, originally written as articles for Harper's Bazaar, the