Uptown Girl
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Nora Ephron had it all: success, love, friendship, a brilliantly original voice, personal style.   As the writer of Heartburn, When Harry Met Sally and You’ve Got Mail, she demonstrated an acute ability to write about relationships between men and women that was bestselling and box office gold. Her essay collection, I Feel Bad About My Neck, showcased her talent for being simultaneously frivolous and profound.   First time biographer Kirstin Marguerite Doidge is an Ephron fan who has spoken to many of Nora’s friends, colleagues, and contemporaries to get beneath the groomed surface of her subject. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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