{"product_id":"heartburn-by-nora-ephron-9780349010359","title":"Heartburn","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA BESTSELLING NOVEL AND MAJOR FILM STARRING MERYL STREEP AND JACK NICHOLSON\u003c\/b\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I have bought more copies of this book to give to people, in a frenzy of enthusiasm, than any other . . . \u003ci\u003eHeartburn\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect, bittersweet, sobbingly funny, all-too-true confessional novel' - NIGELLA LAWSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A perfect example of Ephron's gift for turning tragedy into comedy' - PAULA HAWKINS, \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'She is wit without cynicism, the ultimate romantic' - GAIL COLLINS, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSeven months into her pregnancy, Rachel discovers that her husband is in love with another woman. The fact that this woman has a 'neck as long as an arm and a nose as long as a thumb' is no consolation. Food sometimes is, though, since Rachel is a cookery writer, and between trying to win Mark back and wishing him dead, she offers us some of her favourite recipes. \u003ci\u003eHeartburn\u003c\/i\u003e is a roller coaster of love, betrayal, loss and most satisfyingly revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is Nora Ephron's (screenwriter of \u003ci\u003eWhen Harry Met Sally\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSleepless in Seattle\u003c\/i\u003e) roman a clef: 'I always thought during the pain of the marriage that one day it would make a funny book,' she once said - And it is!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBooks included in the VMC fortieth anniversary series include: \u003ci\u003eFrost in May\u003c\/i\u003e by Antonia White; \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Stories of Grace Paley\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eFire from Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e by Mary Renault; \u003ci\u003eThe Magic Toyshop\u003c\/i\u003e by Angela Carter; \u003ci\u003eThe Weather in the Streets\u003c\/i\u003e by Rosamond Lehmann; \u003ci\u003eDeep Water\u003c\/i\u003e by Patricia Highsmith; \u003ci\u003eThe Return of the Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e by Rebecca West; \u003ci\u003eTheir Eyes Were Watching God\u003c\/i\u003e by Zora Neale Hurston; \u003ci\u003eHeartburn\u003c\/i\u003e by Nora Ephron; \u003ci\u003eThe Dud Avocado\u003c\/i\u003e by Elaine Dundy; \u003ci\u003eMemento Mori\u003c\/i\u003e by Muriel Spark; \u003ci\u003eA View of the Harbour\u003c\/i\u003e by Elizabeth Taylor; and \u003ci\u003eFaces in the Water\u003c\/i\u003e by Janet Frame\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette New Zealand Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46413338018028,"sku":"9780349010359","price":26.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/6557113482312.jpg?v=1746265482","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/heartburn-by-nora-ephron-9780349010359","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}