Product Description

The classic Crazy Salad, by screenwriting legend and novelist Nora Ephron, is an extremely funny, deceptively light look at a generation of women (and men) who helped shape the way we live now. In this distinctive, engaging, and simply hilarious view of a period of great upheaval in America, Ephron turns her keen eye and wonderful sense of humor to the media, politics, beauty products, and women's bodies. In the famous "A Few Words About Breasts," for example, she tells us: "If I had had them, I would have been a completely different person. I honestly believe that." Ephron brings her sharp pen to bear on the notable women of the time, and to a series of events ranging from Watergate to the Pillsbury Bake-Off. When it first appeared in 1975, Crazy Salad helped to illuminate a new American era--and helped us to laugh at our times and ourselves. This new edition will delight a fresh generation of readers.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #226825 in Books
• Published on: 2000-05-30
• Released on: 2000-05-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
"Funny, shrewd, devastating."--Newsweek

"A woman for all seasons, tender and tough in just the right proportions."--The New York Times

"Always funny."--Mademoiselle

"Pure delight."--Playboy -- Review

Review
"Funny, shrewd, devastating."--Newsweek

"A woman for all seasons, tender and tough in just the right proportions."--The New York Times

"Always funny."--Mademoiselle

"Pure delight."--Playboy

From the Inside Flap
The classic Crazy Salad, by screenwriting legend and novelist Nora Ephron, is an extremely funny, deceptively light look at a generation of women (and men) who helped shape the way we live now. In this distinctive, engaging, and simply hilarious view of a period of great upheaval in America, Ephron turns her keen eye and wonderful sense of humor to the media, politics, beauty products, and women's bodies. In the famous "A Few Words About Breasts," for example, she tells us: "If I had had them, I would have been a completely different person. I honestly believe that." Ephron brings her sharp pen to bear on the notable women of the time, and to a series of events ranging from Watergate to the Pillsbury Bake-Off. When it first appeared in 1975, Crazy Salad helped to illuminate a new American era--and helped us to laugh at our times and ourselves. This new edition will delight a fresh generation of readers.

Customer Reviews

Disappointing if you've read th original edition
I feel completely bilked by this book. I had read the original edition, and loved it, when I was a teenager, so was thrilled to see it back in print. WELL! Unfortunately, the editors have actually taken a few of the articles from the original, packed in a few chapters of Scribble Scribble (which I loathed), and a random Esquire article. Ugh! I wanted the RoseMary Woods chapter. I wanted the Linda Lovelace chapter. I wanted the articles I remembered fondly. Instead, I got this dreck. The only reason I don't rate it even lower is because the writing is, as ever, quite good. But if it's not going to be the actual book it purports to be, I wish Modern Library would change the title....

It's not at all like "I Feel Bad About My Neck" (the new book)
I bought Crazy Salad (the original edition, from Amazon, used), after reading the new "I Feel Bad About My Neck". I really enjoyed the breezy chatty style of the new book, and the personal, witty essays about mundane things (purses, beauty regime, food). Crazy Salad isn't like that at all - it is more journalistic and newsy, and the dated essays are about 1970's politics (incl. gender politics) and political figures that have since been forgotten (I was only a baby then, so forgive me if I don't find these references meaningful). If you want a dip into what the women's movement was like in the early 70's, buy this book. If you just want a funny read, this book is not the one to buy. Also, it's not really about women, the title is misleading - it covers a whole bunch of news topics.

If i would have them, I would have been a differant person
It is a very interesting story about how I ended up reading this book. A couple of years ago, when my girlfriends and I were in college, a mutual friend of ours was majoring in women's studies and was required to read this book. We will call this girl Shannon.
To say Shannon abhorred it, was an understatement. She was completely horrified by some of the content of the book. She thought the author was a whiney, supercilious snob, who disdained anything that wasn't Manhattan and was thinking of changing her major. She complained so much about it , that all of us girls decided to read it and see what was so bad about it.
I could see why she was a little turned off. The author is writing from a liberal standpoint and she has a very dark, snarky sense of humor and she is extremely blunt with the way she says things.
But we all agreed, it wasn't bad at all. We all kind of liked it, except for the one about this lady giving herself an abortion in public. (eww)We got a glimpse of what the women's movement was all about and what it meant to her.
Our favorite one was a few words about breasts. I don't care what size cup you are, you will bust out laughing. If you don't read anything else, read this one.
It sets up why she just can't completely get into it at the feminist rallies and is kind of fed up with all the crazy things going on in America.(i.e. Watergate, Vietnam ,Jan Morris ,Consciousness Groups )

I like the one about meeting the first woman empire in baseball.
Another good one is about her cheesy college reunion and how with all the mistakes she made in life, she was happy she ignored her guidance counselor and became a journalist.
And the Pillsbury bake off that left her craving steak.
One really annoying thing
So I really like this book, and went and bought it at Boarders and the
one with Linda Lovelace (she was in the porno ,Deep Throat) was cut out!
Ok, if you know anything about the author's life and who she was married to at one point in time, it was a really bad idea for them to cut this one out!
They did replace it with a couple of her best from Esquire. .

But they still shouldn't of took that one out!!!!!!!!!!
Also as funny as it is, she seems kind of like she is trying to pretend to be happy but inwardly is depressed and confused, like she lost someone very important in her life.
In the new version of the book, they added this essay called The mink coat. It is all about her mother,who seemed like she was a real pistol. I guess she was also a pretty successful Hollywood screenwriter,who had just died. It actually moved to tears, something that is not easily done.
Which cleared some things up for me.