is it possible to write a sidesplitting novel about the breakup of the perfect marriage if the writer is nora ephron the answer is a resounding yes for in this inspired confection of adultery revenge group therapy and pot roast the creator of sleepless in seattle reminds us that comedy depends on anguish as surely as a proper gravy depends on flour and butterseven months into her pregnancy rachel samstat discovers that her husband mark is in love with another woman the fact that the other woman has a neck as long as an arm and a nose as long as a thumb and you should see her legs is no consolation food sometimes is though since rachel writes cookbooks for a living and in between trying to win mark back and loudly wishing him dead ephrons irrepressible heroine offers some of her favorite recipes heartburn is a sinfully delicious novel as soulsatisfying as mashed potatoes and as airy as a perfect souffl