Delia Ephron Livres

Humorous book about childrens' behavior told from an adult perspective.

If you pitched a movie about a recently-widowed woman in her seventies who reconnects with a man she dated in college, leading to an exchange of emails and the pair falling in love fifty years after their first date, the studio exec would say it's too far-fetched.

Delia Ephron tells her own late-in-life love story, complete with a tragic second act and joyous resolution. Ephron is a singular writer who tells her story in a way that brings you right next to her and seesaws you between tears and laughter. In this memoir, you will join her going inside the giddy highs and the suicidal lows of enduring cutting-edge treatment for a life-threatening cancer. The collision of love and illness makes for a traumatic but ultimately redemptive roller coaster ride. Print run 65,000

New Yorkers Michael, a famous writer, and Lizzie, a journalist, travel to Italy with their friends from Maine - Finn; his wife, Taylor; and their daughter, Snow. "From the beginning," says Taylor, "it was a conspiracy for Lizzie and Finn to be together." Told Rashomon-style in alternating points of view, the characters expose and stumble upon lies and infidelities past and present. Snow, ten years old and precociously drawn into a far more adult drama, becomes the catalyst for catastrophe as the novel explores collusion and betrayal in marriage.

"HILARIOUS. . . A CHARMING, ENTERTAINING READ." --Los Angeles Times "WONDERFUL. . . Eve Mozell is having a lousy day, and she hasn't even gotten past breakfast yet. Her father, a senile ex-alcoholic whose idea of a good joke is goosing his woman doctor, started phoning Eve at 6 a.m. Her teenage son, who alternately ignores and lectures her, is off to a séance. ('You know, Mom, all doors are entrances. Think about it.') And a quick glance in the mirror turns out to be a big mistake. Oh, God, is that my face? . . . I need a vacation. No. This is just me. Me at forty-four. . . . What a terrific debut." --Newsweek "TRUE AND TOUCHING." --People "Delia Ephron is blessed with the driest of wits, the tenderest of hearts, and an uncanny ear for the way people really talk. Do yourself a favor and curl up with Hanging Up--but unplug the phone first." --Armistead Maupin "MOVING AND FUNNY. . . In some ways, Hanging Up is a funhouse version of King Lear." --Newsday

Was tun, wenn der eigene Vater schwererkrankt und man in dieser Situation nicht nur mit seinen eigenen Gefühlen zu kämpfen hat, sondern auch noch mit einer Menge anderer Probleme? Wenn die Ehe auf dem Spiel steht und einem zudem zwei neurotische Schwestern mit ihren Gefühlen und Problemen ständig in den Ohren liegen? Mit dieser Konstellation sieht sich die Heldin in der Verfilmung des Buches "Liebe, Tod und Telefon" konfrontiert. Erfolgsproduzentin Nora Ephron ("Schlaflos in Seattle", "e-mail für Dich") hat sich wieder einmal ein Buch ihrer Schwester Delia vorgenommen und eine ganze Reihe namhafter Schauspieler vor die Kamera geholt. Delia Ephrons Roman "Liebe, Tod und Telefon" bildet die Grundlage für den Film "Aufgelegt". Aus dramaturgischen Gründen die Handlung des Romans an einigen Stellen geändert. Der Knaur Taschenbuchverlag veröffentlichtden Originalroman in einer Neuauflage. In den Hauptrollen spielen Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton,Lisa Kudrow und Walter Matthau.

Szenen gescheiterter Ehen, davor und danach. Mitwirkende: die Verflossenen, die Neuen, die Kinder. Der ganz gewöhnliche Schrecken, direkt aus dem Leben gegriffen - 21 kleine Tragödien vom Lieben und Leiden, sarkastisch und voller Witz.