Mario Wagner In The New York Times Book Review, Elinor Lipman reviews “Sister Mother Husband Dog (Etc.),†the new collection of essays by Delia Ephron, sister of the late essayist and screenwriter Nora Ephron. Ms. Lipman writes:
Many of the pieces, like “Blame It on the Movies,†should be read as autobiographical slices rather than essays. We learn how she met the WASP first husband who was a bad fit; about her long, still-happy second marriage; about her dogs (she apologizes for the essay “Dogs,†but she shouldn’t); about the networking or lucky breaks that brought her first, second and third books into print; and about her most-watched movie (“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers,†at least 30 times). She is unpretentious and â€" one bets â€" truthful always. “In college the only thing that interested me was dating. Being in love. In the library I had a reward system: 10 minutes of studying, 10 of daydreaming.â€
On this week’s podcast, Ms. Ephron discusses her book; Eric Schlosser talks about “Command and Control,†his new book about nuclear weapons; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.
