<p>Did any guys read it?</p>
<p>As someone said on TV tonight, she made Seattle visible on the US map. She will be missed…</p>
<p>I loved her book I Feel Bad About My Neck. I bought it after I saw her on Oprah like four years ago and she was so funny, I loved it.
I also read Love, Loss and What I Wore by Ilene Beckerman, the book she turned into a play. She was such a good writer, I envy her. May she rest in paradise.</p>
<p>There is a really nice article in the Washington Post style section today on Nora Ephron.
I am another fan of her work. She will be missed.</p>
<p>Very nice obit in the New York Times. (I agree about the last paragraph.)</p>
<p><a href=“Nora Ephron, Essayist, Screenwriter and Director, Dies at 71 - The New York Times”>Nora Ephron, Essayist, Screenwriter and Director, Dies at 71 - The New York Times;
<p>I sometimes think that my H and I have lived our lives together never quite being on the same page. Exhibit A - when I read to him that Nora Ephron had passed away, H said 'Who’s that?"</p>
<p>Yes, very sad. She had a “blood disease” for 6 years or so. My kids knew who she was - yeah kids. It seems like my whole late teens and 20s was associated with her string of great books and scripts in my mind. So funny and self-epricatingly poignant all at once.</p>
<p>" Exhibit A - when I read to him that Nora Ephron had passed away, H said 'Who’s that?""</p>
<p>missypie, are we married to the same guy? 
My H’s reaction was exactly the same - he gave me a blank stare until I named some of her works.</p>
<p>My husband appeared to know who she was. If I mention her to my daughter, I’ll have to add the writer/director credit for Julie and Julia. It is interesting that, for a writer for whom everything was “material”, she remained private about her illness. There are certainly intimations of mortality in her most recent work, though.</p>
<p>BB, H later said that once I explained who she was, he was thinking of “that Nora that was on Saturday Night Live.” (Nora Dunn.)</p>
<p>There was a time when the movie “Heartburn” was on cable TV at least once a month and I probably watched it each time! I also loved “I Feel Bad (Guilty, Awful, Conflicted, Down Right Mad) About My Neck”. R.I.P. Nora Ephron.</p>
<p>QLM</p>
<p>I loved “Heartburn” (the book), too, and all the recipes. I also loved her writing style.</p>
<p>She sounds like an amazing woman. I wish my obituary (when it comes, in the far-distant future) could be like hers!</p>
<p>I love her movies. When Harry Met Sally, Youve Got Mail,, “Sleepless in Seattle” are my favorites. No more movies like these, just sad…</p>
<p>“A Few Words on Breasts” ranks among the best personal essays I’ve ever read and reads like a particularly eloquent Care Bear outtake.</p>
<p>[A</a> Few Words About Breasts, by Nora Ephron - Esquire](<a href=“http://www.esquire.com/features/nora-ephron-a-few-words-about-breasts-0572]A”>A Few Words About Breasts, by Nora Ephron)</p>
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<p>Hey, I’m a guy and I’ve known who Nora Ephron was ever since my early teens when read the Esquire article mentioned in post #33. I recall reading a page or two of it and thinking to myself “Wow, who wrote this thing?” and then flipping back to the beginning and reading her name for the first time.</p>
<p>She was just so funny. It’s hard to find wonderful writers who also make us laugh until we wheeze and the tears run down our cheeks.</p>
<p>And her Wellesley commencement speech (1996) is just classic.</p>
<p>I’m a huge fan of hers. What a talent and what a tremendous loss. I had the pleasure to hear her speak years ago - she was not only warm, witty and brilliant, but truly inspirational. </p>
<p>You may be interested in reading the commencement address she delivered to the class of 1996 at Wellesley College (her alma mater):</p>
<p>[1996</a> Commencement | Wellesley College - Wellesley College](<a href=“http://new.wellesley.edu/events/commencementarchives/1996commencement]1996”>http://new.wellesley.edu/events/commencementarchives/1996commencement)</p>
<p>A fan all the way back to Crazy Salad, I was very sad to hear this on last night’s news. </p>
<pre><code>If you haven’t read Heartburn…read it where you can laugh out loud. If you only saw the movie, read the book, it is much better.
Can anyone exist that hasn’t seen When Harry Met Sally?
Just when we could all use more humor, this happens. Maybe some things are still
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<p>So sad–she was talented and funny and I’m sorry she’s gone. Today, my NPR station replayed a 2006 interview with her after her book on aging (I Hate My Neck–or something like that) come out. I loved her take on dealing with aging.</p>
<p>Roshke–thanks for the link to the commencement speech she gave, I had never heard it, and it is perfect.</p>
<p>Going to the library for Heartburn!</p>
<p>I read “I Feel Bad About My Neck” when I was on layoff in late 2008. It inspired me to write essays of my life. I wrote a few dozen. Using the model in her book, mine are (mostly) humorously bent, and less than 3 pages. I wrote them for my D. Some of the stories she knew, some she hadn’t heard before. Thank you Ms. Efron for inspiring the writer in me.</p>
<p>Maybe this weekend I’ll have an Efron-athon!</p>