Academy Award-winning screenwriter and director Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally, Heartburn, Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail) turns her sharp wit on to her own life.* Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced from*If the shoe doesn't fit in the shoe store, it's never going to fit*When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you*Anything you think is wrong with your body at the age of thirty-five you will be nostalgic for by the age of forty-five*The empty nest is underrated*If only one third of your clothes are mistakes, you're ahead of the game

'So bold and so vulnerable at the same time. I don't know how she did it' - Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Now with an introduction from Dolly Alderton, author of Everything I Know About Love, revealing how a new generation of women can take inspiration from Nora's sharp wit and wisdom about life.

* Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced from.

* If the shoe doesn't fit in the shoe store, it's never going to fit.

* When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.

* If only one third of your clothes are mistakes, you're ahead of the game.

* Anything you think is wrong with your body at the age of thirty-five you will be nostalgic for by the age of forty-five.

'I give this as a present more than other book. I buy it for people so often that I've been known to give girlfriends two copies, one birthday after another' - Dolly Alderton
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'I am only one of millions of women who will miss Nora's voice' Lena Dunham

'Oh how I loved Nora Ephron' Nigella Lawson

'Funny, knowing and smart' India Knight

'The book that most influenced me' Lily Allen

'Nora's exacting, precise, didactic, tried-and-tested, sophisticated-woman-wearing-all-black wisdom is a comfort and a relief' Dolly Alderton

Vorwort
Hilarious New York Times No.1 bestseller about growing older in Grumpy Old Women vein, by creator of When Harry Met Sally.

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Nora Ephron

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Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced from.
If the shoe doesn't fit in the shoe store, it's never going to fit.
When your children are teenagers, it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.
Anything you think is wrong with your body at the age of thirty-five you will be nostalgic for by the age of forty-five.

'Recall how hard it was last year to find a present for Mother's Day that wasn't yet one more box of chocolates? Remember this book. You'll thank me. It's perfect' Lionel Shriver, Guardian

'Nobody does it funnier' Maureen Lipman

'A bit like having your own clever film narrator's voice accompanying you through the sticky bits of life: the grief of a sagging neck, the joy of a good handbag, the unremitting loss of a best friend and the effort of facing up to no longer being 50'
Good Housekeeping