Delia Ephron is a bestselling author and screenwriter. She has written novels, including the New York Times bestselling Siracusa, The Lion Is In and Hanging Up; humor books for all ages, including How to Eat Like a Child and Do I Have to Say Hello?; and nonfiction, most recently Sister Mother Husband Dog (etc.). Her films include You've Got Mail, The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, Hanging Up (based on her novel), and Michael. Her journalism has appeared in The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. Her hit play Love, Loss, and What I Wore (co-written with Nora Ephron) ran for more than two years off-Broadway and has been performed all over the world. She lives in New York City.
"One of the sharpest observers of human behavior around, Ephron,
with her trademark mastery of smart, snappy dialogue, delivers a
read-in-one-sitting, feel-good celebration of resiliency and
hope."-Booklist (starred review)
"Imagine if Siegfried & Roy had written Water for
Elephants... The Lion Is In is off to the races from the
first sentence. [A] fun ride."-San Antonio Express News
"Readers seeking a heartfelt, offbeat adventure will adore Ephron's
fragile but feisty heroines...The perfect getaway for readers who
long to reconnect with their inner selves, this quirky comedy's
sense of wonder will delight and inspire."-Shelf Awareness for
Readers
"Three women embark on a journey of self-discovery, facilitated by
a giant feline, in Ephron's whimsical but winsome third
novel."-Kirkus Reviews
"A gentle fable."-O, The Oprah Magazine
"The best kind of chick lit-an engaging feminist romance from which
the reader emerges with a welcome mood boost. Twinkling with wit
and warmth, it also packs a moral punch: We need to forgive not
just each other, but ourselves, make amends wherever we can and
just ease the heck up already."-Newark Star Ledger
PRAISE FOR SIRACUSA
A New York Times Bestseller
One of People Magazine's Top 10 Books of 2016
Publishers Weekly Best Book of 2016 (Fiction)
A Washington Post Bestseller * A Los Angeles Times
Bestseller * A USA Today Bestseller * One of Vulture's 100
Greatest Beach Books Ever * A People Magazine Summer Reading
Pick * One of Elle, InStyle, and Marie Claire's Best
of July
"A stunning portrait of two marriages coming unraveled during the
stress of travel abroad. Insightful and engaging. A must-read!"-Sue
Grafton, author of X
"An Italian aria, a Greek tragedy and a modern American
master piece written by Delia Ephron at the height of her powers.
This is a story of two complicated marriages, one vulnerable child,
and a trip to Italy that changes each of their lives forever.
Secrets, lies, love raging, love dying, and the shame of unrealized
potential are exposed in detail under the Sicilian sun. And, like
the Moro blood oranges that grow there with abandon, the taste is
both sour and sweet at once, but the bitterness that remains is not
only haunting but unforgettable."-Adriana Trigiani, author of
The Shoemaker's Wife
"An unusually crackling, tricky journey into the distant
land of other people's marriages: their secrets, paradoxes,
weaknesses, and plea sures. Delia Ephron writes like a warm-blooded
Patricia Highsmith, her sto ry's treachery matched by a deep and
easy feel for the various human, imperfect ways that people find
themselves bound together, and sometimes painstakingly unbind
themselves. An absorbing, tense, and original novel."-Meg Wolitzer,
author of The Interestings
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