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Nora Ephron : a biography / Kristin Marguerite Doidge.

Summary:
"Nora Ephron: A Biography is the first comprehensive portrait of the Manhattan-born girl who forged a path of her own, earning accolades and adoration from critics and fans alike. Author Kristin Marguerite Doidge explores the tremendous successes and disappointing failures Ephron sustained in her career as a popular essayist turned screenwriter turned film director. She redefined the modern rom-com genre with bestselling books such as Heartburn and hit movies including When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, and Julie & Julia. Doidge also examines the private life Ephron tried to keep in balance with her insatiable ambition. Based on rare archival research and numerous interviews with some of Ephron's closest friends, collaborators, and award-winning colleagues including actors Tom Hanks and Caroline Aaron, comedian Martin Short, composer George Fenton, and lifelong friends from Wellesley to New York to Hollywood--as well as interviews Ephron herself gave throughout her career--award-winning journalist and cultural critic Doidge has written a captivating story of the life of a creative writer whose passion for the perfect one-liner and ferocious drive to succeed revolutionized journalism, comedy, and film" -- Publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781641603751
  • ISBN: 1641603755
  • Physical Description: xv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, [2022]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-262) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Act I: Growing up Ephron (the early years: 1941-1958) -- Act II: The Wellesley years (1958-1962) & new journalism (1962-Mid-1970s) -- Act III: Bernstein and Bernie (1976-1987) -- Act IV: Nora the filmmaker (1989-2000s) -- Act V: In the end (2000-2012).
Subject: Ephron, Nora.
Women screenwriters > United States > Biography.
Screenwriters > United States > Biography.
Women motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography.
Motion picture producers and directors > United States > Biography.
Women journalists > United States > Biography.
Journalists > United States > Biography.
Genre: Biographies.

Available copies

  • 10 of 11 copies available at SPARK Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Nazareth. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity.

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  • 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity 92 EPH DOI 2022 (Text) 31001101860642 Adult Biography Available -


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