Delia Ephron is a bestselling author, screenwriter, essayist, and playwright. Her novels include the New York Times bestseller Siracusa and The Lion Is In. She has written books of essays (Sister Mother Husband Dog (Etc.)), books of humor (How To Eat Like A Child), and books for children and young adults. Her movie credits include You've Got Mail, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, This is My Life, Michael, and Hanging Up (based on her novel). Her play, "Love, Loss, and What I Wore," written with her sister Nora Ephron (based on the book by Ilene Beckerman), ran for two years off Broadway and has been performed internationally.
"The funny, poignant, and sometimes magical memoir is an open-eyed
look at later life and what Ephron calls the left turns that can be
perilous or wondrous."--Anita Snow, The Associated Press
"[This] is less the story of a woman losing a husband than it is
that of a woman falling in love again at age 72...Ephron's story is
inspiring for all of us out there whose romantic lives or longings
will never be the stuff of a big-box-office romantic comedy...If
there's such a thing as a feel-good memoir, this is it."--Joyce
Maynard, The New York Times Book Review
"She knows how to grip a reader with plot twists and punchy
prose."--The Forward
"[A] straight-out-of-a-movie memoir."--Parade
"A fun and rewarding read." --Boston.com
"Delia masterfully and hilariously reminds us that there is always
more life to be found just around the corner. A powerful,
beautiful, life affirming testament to hope and meaning in the
darkest hour. Somehow it felt like the answers to all of the big
questions were immediately lurking in the text, and like any decent
existentialist and searcher, I couldn't put it down and finished it
in one sitting."
--Natasha Lyonne, writer, director, actor
"Delia Ephron is the voice of our times and a master craftsman of
the written word. If you are looking for a book that tells you the
truth about love, marriage, friendship, family, creativity, loss,
redemption and your internet provider, look no further. Ephron
soars on the page, and takes us with her. A resplendent memoir,
Delia style."--Adriana Trigiani, bestselling author of The Good
Left Undone
"Delia Ephron's stunning Left on Tenth will make you believe in
love again, and also in miracles. And it's so very, very
funny."--Sarah Dunn, author of The Arrangements
"Ephron's memoir is a heart-wrenching tale of second chances at
life and love."--TIME Magazine
"Oh, huge-hearted Delia Ephron! I loved this book. It's a memoir
about grief and illness, but it's also basically a love letter to
her people, and it's a gorgeous one. Because here is someone who
chooses joy over and over again--who chooses friendship and love,
like a fountain of gratitude that turns despair into a glittery,
rainbow-scattering spray of light. Her lucky friends! Forgive
yourself for wishing you were one of them."--Catherine Newman,
author of Catastrophic Happiness: Finding Joy in Childhood's Messy
Years
"Only someone with a heart of stone could resist the charms of
Delia Ephron's tender, moving story of late-life love and illness.
Ephron writes with singular transparency of her treatment for
leukemia--the same disease that killed her sister seven years
earlier--and the unbearable terror and pain she suffered. But
Ephron is at heart a writer naturally drawn to light who finds joy
and humor even in life's darkest corners. This wonderful memoir is
an ode to the enduring power of love and friendship."
--Joanna Rakoff, bestselling author of My Salinger Year
"Radiant...readers will be swept away by this triumphant
story."--Publishers Weekly
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