Hardcover, 160 pages
English language
Published Aug. 1, 2006 by Alfred A. Knopf.
Hilarious New York Times No.1 bestseller about growing older in Grumpy Old Women vein, by creator of When Harry Met Sally.Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally, Heartburn, Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail) turns her sharp wit on to her own life. Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced fromIf the shoe doesn't fit in the shoe store, it's never going to fitWhen your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see youAnything you think is wrong with your body at the age of thirty-five you will be nostalgic for by the age of forty-fiveThe empty nest is underratedIf only one third of your clothes are mistakes, you're ahead of the game
This was a fairly light, breezy read that suddenly starts to hit hard in the last few essays. The end of this collection feels like an almost entirely different work, and I sorta wished that more of the rest of the book had that same tone. All that aside, the last quarter of the book or so is fantastic.
