Title: I Feel Bad About My Neck and Other Thoughts on Being a Woman
Author: Nora Ephron
Genre/Year: Personal Essays, 2006
Two Sentence Summary: Think getting old and being a woman is kinda funny? So does Nora Ephron!
One Sentence Review: A solid essay collection, but one that I’m not quite wise enough to totally understand.
Grade: 83/100
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