Jacket Copy: Nora Ephron returns, taking a cool, hard, hilarious look at the past, the present, and the future, bemoaning the vicissitudes of modern life, and recalling with her signature clarity and wisdom everything she hasn't (yet) forgotten. Ephron writes about falling hard for a way of life ("Journalism: A Love Story") and about breaking up even harder with the men in her life ("The D Word"); lists "Twenty Five Things People Have A Shocking Capacity to Be Surprised By Over and Over Again" ("There is no explaining the stock market but people try"; "you can never know the truth of anyone's marriage, including your own"; "Cary Grant was Jewish"; "Men cheat"); reveals the alarming evolution, a decade after she wrote and directed You've Got Mail, of her relationship with her in-box ("The Six Stages of Email"); and asks the age-old question, which came first, the chicken soup or the cold? All the while, she gives candid, edgy voice to everything women who have reached a certain age have been thinking...but rarely acknowledging.
Why I Like It: This is a short, breezy read, with lots of humor and insight. Although there is certainly a lot about aging in it, I think women of all ages will find it a good read. You don't have to agree with the opinions Ephron sets forth to acknowledge that they are innovative, refreshing, and have some grain of truth to them. This is a book that makes you think, but at the same time doesn't require intense concentration and doesnt bore you to the point of drifting off to sleep.
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