Heartburn

It’s hard to believe this book was written 40 years ago! I had never read it (though I realized quickly that I’d seen the film a few years ago) and picked it up as a quick read for my flight home from LA. It’s a thinly veiled account of Ephron’s own divorce (Everything is copy, after all!) and honestly, quite hilarious. It clocks in at just under 200 pages, but you will want to savor it as the writing is so good! Our protagonist Rachel is seven months pregnant when she learns that her husband Mark is in love with another woman, Thelma. What is a woman to do!? The book takes us back to her first marriage, tells us about her food career (it’s interspersed with recipes) as Rachel simultaneously tries to win her husband back while also wishing him dead. I really enjoyed it.