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writermala, June 15, 2011 (view all comments by writermala)
Nora Ephron does a wonderful job of writing humorously about Rachel's husband having an affair when she is seven months pregnant. This book is about the seventies but could well make a comeback now.

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hahaha12, August 17, 2007 (view all comments by hahaha12)
For the foodie with a broken heart
Rachel Samstat is a 30 something year old, Jewish, cookbook writer from The Bronx, who currently resides with the love of her life, Mark in Washington D.C. They have been together for almost 8 years and still act like they just met . The couple have a two year old son and another on the way.All is well
UNTIL
She accidently finds a love letter from her hubby's apparent girlfriend, and discovers they have been together for nearly a year, They have recently bought a townhouse, and he plans on filing for divorce and leaving Rachel for his Mistress as soon as their child is born.
She wants to works things out, but her husband makes himself scarce and refuses to talk about it. So they separate for a while.. and she basically goes on a quest to figure out what to do..She speaks with her best friend/shrink (think Dr.Phil)and other couples who have battled infidelity and survived.
It might like a bit of a downer, but its truly not, for two reasons.
1. Rachel is a chef and sprinkles comfort food recipes throught the book.The frozen Key lime pie was fabulous.
2.Sometimes she takes a break from the drama and just tells funny stories that make her laugh. My favorite one was about her weird,late, lush of mother who made even stranger casseroles, who once faked being dead ,because she wanted more attention from her spouse and children.
Other funny things included "The Jewish Prince Routine", and the chapter devoted to her nuerotic ex, hamster guy .

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780679767954

Author:

Ephron, Nora

Publisher:

Vintage Books

Subject:

General

Subject:

Literary

Subject:

Married people

Subject:

Food writers

Subject:

Domestic fiction

Subject:

Married people -- United States.

Subject:

Literature-A to Z

Copyright:

1996

Edition Description:

Trade paper

Series:

Vintage Contemporaries

Publication Date:

19960531

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

General/trade

Language:

English

Pages:

192

Dimensions:

7.92x5.30x.52 in. .43 lbs.