October Reads Worth Falling For

Danger, desire, second chances, and unexpected romance—discover this month’s Fresh Fiction Featured Books.

The Ghost and the Dead Librarian

The Cowboy and the Rodeo Queen

A favorite book and movie. We miss Nora for all her witty observations.

'Funny and touching ... proof that writing well is the best revenge' --CHICAGO TRIBUNE

Vintage
June 1996
On Sale: May 28, 1996
192 pages
ISBN: 0679767959
EAN: 9780679767954
Kindle: B005EGXOUS
Trade Size / e-Book (reprint)
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Nora Ephron

Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the
breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora
Ephron, the answer is a resounding yes. For in this
inspired confection of adultery, revenge, group therapy,
and pot roast, the creator of Sleepless in Seattle reminds
us that comedy depends on anguish as surely as a proper
gravy depends on flour and butter.

Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel Samstat discovers
that her husband, Mark, is in love with another woman. The
fact that the other woman has "a neck as long as an arm and
a nose as long as a thumb and you should see her legs" is
no consolation. Food sometimes is, though, since Rachel
writes cookbooks for a living. And in between trying to win
Mark back and loudly wishing him dead, Ephron's
irrepressible heroine offers some of her favorite recipes.

Heartburn is a sinfully delicious novel, as soul-satisfying
as mashed potatoes and as airy as a perfect soufflé.