Friday, July 22, 2016

Heartburn

Heartburn / Nora Ephron 179 pgs.

Mark and Rachel are so happy together.  They have one child and one on the way. They have successful careers, many friends and oh, the one bad thing...Mark is having an affair.  The affair is so intense, he is planning to leave Rachel as soon as she gives birth.  Rachel finds out.  She is devastated but Mark tells her it is a mistake...he won't see the other woman again...he doesn't exactly say he is sorry.  Rachel soon finds out, it is because he is NOT sorry. And, he is still seeing the other woman.  Rachel still loves him but sees this just isn't going to work out.  She steels herself and sells a ring he gave her so she has the money to walk out.

This best selling novel is based on Nora's real life marriage to Carl Bernstein and was also made into a movie.

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