Hanging Up
by Delia Ephron
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"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, show more 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 From the Trade Paperback edition. show lessTags
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To the Ephron sisters, everything is copy, so I guess the death of their father told as a supposedly comic novel was fair game. Sorry, Delia, but this was just in bad taste. Eve and her two self-absorbed sisters, talk of the phone and mostly whine about their obnoxious father and resent the time they must spend taking care of him.
The narrator, Eve (the Delia doppelganger), also has the world's worst kid who I longed to see die in one of his many car crashes.
I guess this family is so famous hat they can get anything published. Someone, however, needs to tell them how awful some of this stuff truly is.
The narrator, Eve (the Delia doppelganger), also has the world's worst kid who I longed to see die in one of his many car crashes.
I guess this family is so famous hat they can get anything published. Someone, however, needs to tell them how awful some of this stuff truly is.
If you saw the movie you must read the book in order to make sense of the story
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Delia Ephron is an author and screenwriter. Her novels include Siracusa, The Lion Is In, and Hanging Up. She also writes humor books for all ages including How to Eat Like a Child and Do I Have to Say Hello? and nonfiction books including Sister Mother Husband Dog (etc.). Her films include You've Got Mail, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, show more Hanging Up, and Michael. She also co-wrote a play with Nora Ephron entitled Love, Loss, and What I Wore, which ran off-Broadway for more than two years. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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