Bibliograph

Nora Ephron, a biography, Kristin Marguerite Doidge

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Nora Ephron, a biography, Kristin Marguerite Doidge

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-262) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Nora Ephron

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1179260038

Responsibility statement

Kristin Marguerite Doidge

Sub title

a biography

Summary

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. Based on rare archival research and numerous interviews with some of Ephron's closest friends, collaborators, and colleagues, 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

Table Of Contents

Act I: Growing up Ephron (the early years: 1941-1958) -- Act II: The Wellesley years (1958-1962) & new journalism (1962-Mid-1970s) -- Act III: Bernstein and Bernie (1976-1987) -- Act IV: Nora the filmmaker (1989-2000s) -- Act V: In the end (2000-2012)

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