Wallflower at the Orgy, Nora Ephron
Wallflower at the Orgy, Nora Ephron
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Wallflower at the Orgy

Author: Nora Ephron

Narrator: Kathe Mazur

Unabridged: 6 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/09/2013

Synopsis

From her Academy Award—nominated screenplays to her bestselling fiction and essays, Nora Ephron is one of America’s most gifted, prolific, and versatile writers. In this classic collection of magazine articles, Ephron does what she does best: embrace American culture with love, cynicism, and unmatched wit. From tracking down the beginnings of the self-help movement to dressing down the fashion world’s most powerful publication to capturing a glimpse of a legendary movie in the making, these timeless pieces tap into our enduring obsessions with celebrity, food, romance, clothes, entertainment, and sex. Whether casting her ingenious eye on renowned director Mike Nichols, Cosmopolitan magazine founder Helen Gurley Brown—or herself, as she chronicles her own beauty makeover—Ephron deftly weaves her journalistic skill with the intimate style of an essayist and the incomparable talent of a great storyteller.

About The Author

Nora Ephron was the author of the bestselling I Feel Bad About My Neck as well as Heartburn, Crazy Salad, Wallflower at the Orgy, and Scribble Scribble. She wrote and directed the hit movie Julie & Julia and received Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay for When Harry Met Sally. . ., Silkwood, and Sleepless in Seattle, which she also directed. Her other credits include the script for the stage hit Love, Loss, and What I Wore with Delia Ephron. She died in 2012.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ana

While I can't say I was particularly interested in the articles' subjects, there's no denying the wit of the writing. Ephron's later work resonates with me more, but this was worth my time. If you like her, you'll enjoy dipping in and out of this collection.......more

Goodreads review by chantel

Ohhh Nora! Her essays are fun, comforting and somewhat hilarious to read. Not exceedingly uplifting or educational, but I like that about her.. she writes about what she wants to write about. It’s always like reading the well written diary of someone so incredibly opposite to me. I love the piece on......more

Goodreads review by Carla

I like Nora Ephron. In spite of the comical title, Wallflower at the Orgy is not the least bit funny. I SHOULD have stopped reading-but, well...I am not a quitter... What Wallflower at the Orgy IS-is a collection of articles Nora Ephron wrote for Glamour magazine...in the sixties and seventies. It is......more

Quotes

Praise for Nora Ephron

“Funny, shrewd, devastating.”—Newsweek 

“A woman for all seasons, tender and tough in just the right proportions.”—The New York Times 

“Always funny.”—Mademoiselle 

“Pure delight.”—Playboy

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