I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts On Being a Woman (Vintage)
By:
Nora Ephron
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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.
Ephron chronicles her life as an obsessed cook, passionate city dweller, and hapless parent. But mostly she speaks frankly and uproariously about life as a woman of a certain age. Utterly courageous, uproariously funny, and unexpectedly moving in its truth telling, I Feel Bad About My Neck is a scrumptious, irresistible treat of a book, full of truths, laugh out loud moments that will appeal to readers of all ages.
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: 2008-04-08
Customer Review: 1 out of 5
She Needs To Feel Bad About More Than Her Neck! - She should feel bad about wasting the readers' time with trite drivel. Don't waste your precious time.
Customer Review: 4 out of 5
A Quick Read - This book strikes me as "funny but uneven." Its intended audience--and there are many of us--are "women of a certain age." Ephron sets as her target our private thoughts as we watch ourselves age, and some of her observations hit spot-on with her usual delightful humor. It is a short collection (137 pp.) of her essays, originally written as articles for Harper's Bazaar, the New Yorker, O, Vogue, etc. . . . so that's what it reads like. Why I gave the book four stars instead of five is because, in some articles, Ephron's wit seems a little forced or predictable. I like a laugh to sneak up on me, to catch me unawares, but too many times I could see hers coming. Nonetheless, she has some great chapters: about maintenance (when did manicures become indispensible?), failing sight (she can no longer read the telephone book or a restaurant menu), rapture (where she extols the ecstasy of reading), a description of her life in 3,500 words or less (brilliant!), and things she wished that she had known earlier ("if the shoe doesn't fit in the store, it's never going to"). Her last chapter is on death, which the reader is not expecting--but it fits right into her topic and it is a mostly serious and thoughtful piece. She ends that chapter and her book with the single word "goodbye." I hope she doesn't mean it . . .
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
I Feel Bad About My Neck - Having a bad day? Need to laugh out loud? Buy this and keep it on hand when you need a smile. Nora's done it again. She's a fine writer, and gets better at humor each time.
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Fun! - After reading some of the "critical" reviews, I feel compelled to add my own review. First of all, I absolutely loved this book. I have recommended it to many friends, and I usually describe it as "chick humor". While, yes, I am young (just 40!), I feel I can read this book again in 5-10 years and get something totally different from it! I think this book is fun, and yes, lightweight. I DON'T feel this book was intended as a guide or, as one reviewer put it, a list of complaints about aging. Observations is what I'd call it!
So, if you are a woman looking for a light, fun (and funny!)book, you should consider picking this one up!
Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Fun Quick Read - I just finished this book and I'm really glad I didn't listen to the negative reviews that some readers posted. This book is a quick (I read the entire book in one sitting) and fun read. Basically a series of essays on a variety of subjects, (purses, lipstick, NY apartments, divorce, kids, etc). I didn't find the stories depressing. They are written in a light fun manner. This is not heavy literature or an in depth psychological discussion. Its just observations about her life.
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