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What Nora Knew
This is the first novel I have read by Linda Yellin and after finishing it quickly snatched up The Last Blind Date. Yellin has a way with words and I quickly find myself identifying and loving the character of Molly Hallberg.Molly is 39 years old with one divorce under her belt and is in a relationship with a bland (but nice) guy. Writing about all of the crazy things she has done in New York she is thrown for a loop when her latest writing assignment is to write about romance in the style of Nora Ephron. Molly goes about it in a haphazard way and meets an up and coming writer and despite his attentions is sure that he is just a sham and really doesn't believe in love conquers all.
I have to say that Molly's voice in this novel is outstanding. She is definitely someone I want to hang out with. Her inability to see that she is Meg Ryan and her boyfriend is Bill Pullman (Paxton, whomever) and that she herself needs that great big love to wake her life up is great. We get to see her slowly starting to see what Nora Ephron's movies mean to women and to herself.
This book caused me to also go and re-watch Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, and When Harry Met Sally all over again.
There is honestly nothing I can critique in this novel and would definitely recommend it!