02481cam a2200289 4500 2778714131 TxAuBib 20250609120000.0 260609s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781641603782 164160378X aat8y289 CloudLibrary MnSpTMCL eng MnSpTMCL TxAuBib Doidge, Kristin Marguerite. Nora Ephron [CloudLibrary] : A Biography / Doidge, Kristin Marguerite. [S.l. : Chicago Review Press, 2022. 1 online resource. 304 p. Electronic book. Nora Ephron was one of the most popular, accomplished, and beloved writers in American journalism and film.Nora Ephron: A Biography is the first comprehensive portrait of the Manhattan-born girl who forged a path of her own, earning accolades and adoration from critics and fans alike. Author Kristin Marguerite Doidge explores the tremendous successes and disappointing failures Ephron sustained in her career as a popular essayist turned screenwriter turned film director. She redefined the modern rom-com genre with bestselling books such as Heartburn and hit movies including When Harry Met Sally, Sleepless in Seattle, and Julie & Julia. Doidge also examines the private life Ephron tried to keep in balance with her insatiable ambition.Based on rare archival research and numerous interviews with some of Ephron's closest friends, collaborators, and award-winning colleagues including actors Tom Hanks and Caroline Aaron, comedian Martin Short, composer George Fenton, and lifelong friends from Wellesley to New York to Hollywood—as well as interviews Ephron herself gave throughout her career—award-winning journalist and cultural critic Doidge has written a captivating story of the life of a creative writer whose passion for the perfect one-liner and ferocious drive to succeed revolutionized journalism, comedy, and film.The first in-depth biography to explore the complex themes that ran through Ephron's work and to examine why so many of them still grab our attention today. Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] Chicago Review Press 2022 Available via World Wide Web. Format: Adobe EPUB. Requires: CloudLibrary (file size: 6.8 MB.) Electronic books. CloudLibrary. https://ebook.yourcloudlibrary.com/library/ereadtexas-document_id-aat8y289 CloudLibrary TXGID