Heartburn

<b><b>A 40th anniversary reissue of the national bestselling author's hilarious first novel that memorably mixed food heartbreak and revenge into a comic masterpiece--now with a new foreword by Stanley Tucci. - Touching and funny.... Proof that writing well is the best revenge. --<i>Chicago Tribune</i></b></b><br><b><br></b>Is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage? If the writer is Nora Ephron the answer is a resounding yes. In this inspired confection of adultery revenge group therapy and pot roast the creator of <i>Sleepless in Seattle</i> and <i>When Harry Met Sally... </i>reminds us that comedy depends on anguish as surely as a proper gravy depends on flour and butter. <p/> Seven months into her pregnancy Rachel Samstat discovers that her husband Mark is in love with another woman. The fact that the other woman has a neck as long as an arm and a nose as long as a thumb and you should see her legs is no consolation. Food sometimes is though since Rachel writes cookbooks for a living. And in between trying to win Mark back and loudly wishing him dead Ephron's irrepressible heroine offers some of her favorite recipes. <p/><i>Heartburn </i>is a sinfully delicious novel as soul-satisfying as mashed potatoes and as airy as a perfect soufflé.