IN STORE: Parnassus Book Club discusses Heartburn

Join moderator Kathy Schultenover for a discussion of Nora Ephron's book HeartburnThis is a free event which will take place in store on Monday, September 18th at 6:00 PM Central Time. 

Registration is not required for this meeting. Masks are strongly encouraged.

About the Book

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 Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally... reminds us that comedy depends on anguish as surely as a proper gravy depends on flour and butter.

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.

Heartburn is a sinfully delicious novel, as soul-satisfying as mashed potatoes and as airy as a perfect soufflĂ©.

Event date: 
Monday, September 18, 2023 - 6:00pm
Event address: 
Parnassus Books
3900 Hillsboro Pike Suite 14
Nashville, TN 37215
Books: 
Heartburn (Vintage Contemporaries) By Nora Ephron Cover Image
$17.00
ISBN: 9780679767954
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Vintage - May 28th, 1996