I Remember Nothing and Other Reflections by Nora Ephron
I don’t understand, I am usually a pure fiction kind of girl
but I am trying to open myself to different possibilities. It sort of started when I picked up Bossy
pants by Tina Fey and is continuing with this book by Nora Ephron.
Sadly Nora Ephron died in 2012 from a very nasty illness and
its complications. I am familiar with Ms
Ephrons movies. I mean who can forget
the unforgettable film When Harry Met Sally starring Billy Crystal and Meg
Ryan. The mere mention of the movie
brings back the scene in the deli between Harry and Sally. I don’t think I need
to go any further explaining that scene, if you have seen the movie you will
know what I am talking about. If you
haven’t seen the movie well then RENT THE MOVIE or Download it from Netflix or
buy it at Amazon.com. Just watch it.
It’s a classic.
This book is a little of this and that. The beginning is spent talking about growing
up with parents who both were writers. Who wrote the Play take her She’s Mine
and Carousel. Unfortunately they became
alcoholics and the family home life became a disaster. I found it interesting how she described her
parents as one day they were not alcoholics and the next day they were. All her sisters are writers. Maybe it’s genetic being a writer I mean not
being sisters that is genetic.
She talks about her days at Newsweek and the Post and she
talks about her marriages and divorces.
It seems like the marriage and divorce that most impacted her was number
two to Carl Bernstein. Yes she knew who
Deep Throat was and actually told people but they really didn’t believe her.
One thing she said that really made me pause was that as a
writer she hoped to write something profound and she said she didn’t. Maybe what she wrote wasn’t profound but a
lot was certainly memorable. I really
enjoyed reading this book.
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