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Search - I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
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Book Description:
With her disarming, intimate, completely accessible voice, and dry sense of humor, Nora Ephron shares with us her ups and downs in I Feel Bad About My Neck, a candid, hilarious look at women who are getting older and dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself.
The woman who brought us When Harry Met Sally . . . , Sleepless in Seattle, Youve Got Mail, and Bewitched, and the author of best sellers Heartburn, Scribble Scribble, and Crazy Salad, discusses everythingfrom how much she hates her purse to how much time she spends attempting to stop the clock: the hair dye, the treadmill, the lotions and creams that promise to slow the aging process but never do. Oh, and she cant stand the way her neck looks. But her dermatologist tells her theres no quick fix for that.
Ephron chronicles her life as an obsessed cook, passionate city dweller, and hapless parent. She recounts her anything-but-glamorous days as a White House intern during the JFK years (I am probably the only young woman who ever worked in the Kennedy White House that the President did not make a pass at) and shares how she fell in and out of love with Bill Clintonfrom a distance, of course. But mostly she speaks frankly and uproariously about life as a woman of a certain age.
Utterly courageous, wickedly funny, and unexpectedly moving in its truth telling, I Feel Bad About My Neck is a book of wisdom, advice, and laugh-out-loud moments, a scrumptious, irresistible treat.
The woman who brought us When Harry Met Sally . . . , Sleepless in Seattle, Youve Got Mail, and Bewitched, and the author of best sellers Heartburn, Scribble Scribble, and Crazy Salad, discusses everythingfrom how much she hates her purse to how much time she spends attempting to stop the clock: the hair dye, the treadmill, the lotions and creams that promise to slow the aging process but never do. Oh, and she cant stand the way her neck looks. But her dermatologist tells her theres no quick fix for that.
Ephron chronicles her life as an obsessed cook, passionate city dweller, and hapless parent. She recounts her anything-but-glamorous days as a White House intern during the JFK years (I am probably the only young woman who ever worked in the Kennedy White House that the President did not make a pass at) and shares how she fell in and out of love with Bill Clintonfrom a distance, of course. But mostly she speaks frankly and uproariously about life as a woman of a certain age.
Utterly courageous, wickedly funny, and unexpectedly moving in its truth telling, I Feel Bad About My Neck is a book of wisdom, advice, and laugh-out-loud moments, a scrumptious, irresistible treat.
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A. J. C. (
9 member(s) found this review helpful.
I had mixed feelings about this book. There were some chapters in this book that I found absolutely laugh-out-loud hilarious, and yet there were some chapters in this book that just didn't interest me in the least, probably because I couldn't relate, not being a New Yorker. The chapters were nice and short, however, so I was able to glide through them with minimal frustration. Overall, I thought it was a quick, enjoyable read and I'm glad I read it, even if it was nothing but pointless ranting.
Carly C. (
9 member(s) found this review helpful.
Not her best. It is a slim book and she really reached to get enough pieces to fill it.
CM C. (
7 member(s) found this review helpful.
Wonderful little book. Can be read in two or three hours, one airplane flight. Endearing, about being a woman, aging... and figuring it all out. It's almost a good model for taking stock, everything that you are... that you have a pretty good life.
Janice F. (
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
The first half of that title alone predisposed me to laugh, and I was not disappointed with the book. So many parts of it touched a sympathetic nerve. This may be because I am getting along in years. Younger women might not find the book so interesting, but just keep that title or the author's name in mind for the day when you WILL be able to appreciate it!
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
Well, There is not really much here. A very fast read, with some funny bits. But mostly just tossed together. Glad I didn't spend $20 on this new!
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
The first two chapters were good; the one about aging necks and better still, the one about hating your purse. It did startout promising. But after that the book fell totally and completely FLAT! The rest of the book was mediocre at best. How many of us can really relate to renting an apartment in 1980 that cost $1,500.00 per month? Plus she pays the former tenent $24,000 for the right to move into that apartment...and then the rent goes up to $10,000 a month by the time she moves out ten years later!!
This is suppose to be a humorous look at growing older. It does start out that way. But the rest of the book is more depressing than it is funny.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Extremely funny book..had me laughing out loud at times && nodding my head in agreement about her take on life and situations!!
T. G. (
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book was tremendously enjoyable for me---Ephron has a special wit and humorous outlook on life that I couldn't help but be entertained. I especially enjoyed her glimpses of insight into the philosophy of what it is like to be an older woman in the USA. Highly recommend, especially for women over 35.
Candy B. (
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
On Rapture is definitely the best essay in this book. As a book freak, I totally identified with it. Being in my early 30s, I chuckled a lot and then though "ummm... oh, wow". I dare any woman that reads the first one, I Feel Bad About My Neck, to not go look in the mirror and try to figure out which you have (or will have!)
Very funny, light read... enjoyed it!
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
Ick - not a good book. Why did I even start it? I definitely didn't finish it.
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Sue E. (Every so often I read a book about age, and they say how great it is to be old. It is great to to wise and sage and mellow. It is great to be at the point where you understand just what matters in life. I can't stand people who say things like that. What can they be thinking? Don't they have necks???