I Feel Bad about My Neck
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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.
… More »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, You've Got Mail, and Bewitched, and the author of best sellers Heartburn, Scribble Scribble, and Crazy Salad, discusses everything--from 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 can't stand the way her neck looks. But her dermatologist tells her there's 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 Clinton--from 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 candid, hilarious look at women who are getting older and dealing with the tribulations of mainenance, menopause, empty nests and life itself. She speaks frankly and uproariously about life as a woman of a certain age.
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Add a CommentClassic Nora Ephron essays. Sheer delight. The world will miss her passion and one-of-a-kind wit. It is distinctly "New York", though, as was she is, so for those who can't understand that lifestyle, I wouldn't recommend this book. To everyone else, it will be a fun, entertaining, and quick read.
It was a funny, quick and easy read. I am not quite there in age, but there are topics that have nothing to do with age...ie. purses. Overall, it was a nice break and was read in less than a day.
A disappontment. I love Nora; but this is rich girl whining.
Read this pretty much straight through. It was decent. Didn't make me laugh out loud but definitely made me smile. Although I am under 30 I didn't find it difficult to relate to her tales.
Funny book written from the perspective of a witty NYC woman over 60. Same woman who wrote Sleepless in Seattle, When Harry Met Sally and Silkwood.
Nora Ephron is one of the celebrities I’d like to befriend. No doubt many other women would like to befriend her as well as she ‘gets us’. Anyway, IFBAMN came out in 2006 and I gave it as Christmas gifts to my two sisters and my sister-in-law stuffed into the neck of a turtleneck! Very fun but at the time, I felt badly for giving a book I hadn’t read. Well, now I have read it and realize it was a great gift---even if it wasn’t stuffed into the neck of a turtleneck. I highly recommend it. IFBAMN is a series of short chapters on everything---aging, food, relationships---and is written in a humorous manner. Even the most intense essays are witty and manage to stop the tear before it falls down your check. Personally, I like to read things that remind me how ‘not special’ I am---especially when it comes to aging. Thank GOD there’s strength in numbers.
For middle-aged women with a sense of humour. We ARE getting older but it isn't all bad.
extremely boring
I thought this was ok. I don't know why its been on the best seller list for some time.