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heidibaumgart's review against another edition
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5.0
sassylk's review against another edition
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4.0
i’m going to keep this book on my bookshelf for the rest of my life, and dip in and out to keep her advice with me forever. i love the way nora ephron lives her life, and some of her rules are going to stay with me forever (round table for dinner parties, never buy a red coat), as will some of her wisdom (particularly the speech to wellsley graduates, which made me cry and feels particularly relevant to my life stage right now). what a remarkable woman and writer. some sections of this were a little slow (the journalism section at the beginning is quite repetitive), but i’m glad i read it slowly, because, like nora, i have trouble with my memory, and her advice is stuff i want to remember for the rest of my life!
mdudalis's review against another edition
4.0
in the end of the day there where more essays that i liked than disliked.. besides that norah ephron was kind of an idol to me growing up due to my mother being obsessed with her movies ★
garatandhi's review against another edition
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5.0
Nora ephron you will always be the goat I love you
mrs_bonaventure's review against another edition
3.0
This took me six months to finish! I bought it on impulse at Christmas, swayed by India Knight & Joanna Goddard. And Nora Ephron truly is a feminist cultural institution, for so many reasons - from "Be the heroine of your own life," to "I'll have what she's having." We have Caitlin Moran, the eighties & nineties had Nora. But I found it heavy going in big lumps - she wrote in magazine columns, after all - so I had to slow down. At the end of it I got over the sinking depression I felt when reading the feminist commentary from 1972 (the year I was born and so little has changed!) and had a real feeling for who this woman was through the course of her life. Worth sticking with it.
catherinemcfall's review against another edition
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4.5
Some repeated essays from 'I Remember Nothing' and 'I feel bad about my neck', but why wouldn't you want to read one of Ephron's essays twice? Liked the variety of material included, for instance, the first act of her play, Lucky Guys. If you've never read anything by Ephron, this collection is the most comprehensive guide through her work.
katherineellen's review against another edition
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“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.”