I Feel Bad About My Neck, and other Thoughts on Being a Woman

Ephron, Nora. I Feel Bad About My Neck, and other Thoughts on Being a Woman. 2006. 139p. ISBN 9780307264558.

Nora Ephron brought us famous movies like When Harry Met Sally and Sleepless in Seattle. A famous writer, Nora started her career as a journalist before transitioning into a writer and director. Over the years, Nora accumulated experiences that became fodder for her movies and books. In I Feel Bad About My Neck, Ephron explores what it means to age as a woman, in often poignant language, but always with a hilarious bent.

Looking back at her life, Ephron considers times that were significant and that an outside influence on her. She talks about her time as John F. Kennedy's intern. She discusses her disappointment at Bill Clinton's presidency. She explores the love she has for her apartment, until rent was raised to $12,000 a month. She talks about her children. Through it all, Ephron showcases the same humor that made her a famous writer and movie director.

Though younger readers will not relate to most of the topics Ephron explores in this book, they will not be able to say they weren't forewarned about some of the pitfalls of aging!