I Feel Bad about My Neck

by

English language

ISBN:
978-0-552-77381-2
Copied ISBN!

View on Inventaire

(1 review)

I Feel Bad About My Neck: And Other Thoughts on Being a Woman is a 2006 book written by Nora Ephron. The book collects humor essays by Ephron, many of which deal with aging: her ups and downs dealing with the tribulations of maintenance, menopause, empty nests, and life itself. (Ephron published the collection when she was 65.) In a review for The New York Times, Janet Maslin remarks on Ephron's "wry, knowing X-ray vision." On September 10, 2006, it was listed at #1 on The New York Times Non-Fiction Best Seller list. In 2019, the book was included at #100 on The Guardian's list of the 100 best books of the 21st century.

3 editions

reviewed I feel bad about my neck by Nora Ephron

None

This book was filled to the brim with sexist tripe and complaints that most of us, to be completely honest, do not have enough money to begin thinking about making. I could not stand it. (In the interest of full disclosure, I should admit that I could not tell whether she was trying to be satirical--which would make some of the sexist nonsense a lot more forgivable--or if she was speaking in earnest; I thought the first for a while, but her tone changed drastically in the last chapter. Who can say?)

At any rate, I don't believe in throwing away or burning undamaged books, but I also wouldn't want anyone else to have to read it, so I'm unsure what to do with the copy I wish I hadn't bought. I wish I could give it less than one star, anyway.