For those unfamiliar, she's known best for directing/writing 'When Harry met Sally', 'You've Got Mail, 'Julie and Julia' and countless others. Since Nora is both a film director and screen writer, the book reads like a movie script minus scene headings, camera direction and notes. Truth be told, if I included the countless quotes of hilarity, the review would be as long as the book! Simple in nature, this is a story of relationships, cheating husbands and marriage told through the eyes of a neurotic, insecure yet hilarious character. This adds a fun element and if the reader enjoys cooking, a bonus! Her endless pontifications are both sad and hilarious I just wish I could remember them all.Īs the plot plays out stories of travel with their best friends, dinner parties and gossip are mixed with Rachel's recipes of which most are borrowed or stolen. Rachel is the classic indecisive, guilt ridden sort who relies on analysis, but its opinions of others she embraces.

Angered, she packed up, grabbed the baby and headed home to her father, a former celebrity and ill equipped adviser. While doing a balancing act between her work and parenting, she learns through the grapevine that Mark is screwing Thelma, a woman she was aware of and disliked. Not long after Sam was born, Mark's absence drew concern being insecure, Rachel grew suspicious. After months of commuting to DC, his marriage proposal was accepted and in a matter of no time, their home began endless renovations. Her first marriage to Charlie was a bit of a disaster and when meeting Mark, he came across as the 'prince on a white horse'. Rachel is NY-based cook book author and TV personality who's married to Mark, a Washington DC journalist. I've been a fan of Nora for many years and enjoyed the Meryl Streep/Jack Nicholson adaptation, ancient that it is.

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