From her Academy Awardnominated screenplays to her bestselling fiction and essays, Nora Ephron is one of Americas most gifted, prolific, and versatile writers. In this classic collection of magazine articles, Ephron does what she does best: embrace American culture with love, cynicism, and unmatched wit. From tracking down the beginnings of the self-help movement to dressing down the fashion worlds most powerful publication to capturing a glimpse of a legendary movie in the making, these timeless pieces tap into our enduring obsessions with celebrity, food, romance, clothes, entertainment, and sex. Whether casting her ingenious eye on renowned director Mike Nichols, Cosmopolitan magazine founder Helen Gurley Brownor herself, as she chronicles her own beauty makeoverEphron deftly weaves her journalistic skill with the intimate style of an essayist and the incomparable talent of a great storyteller.