Almost Romance
A Memoir
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Nancy Balbirer
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Nancy Balbirer
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Finding love is all a matter of timing in a surprising, complicated, and funny memoir by the author of A Marriage in Dog Years.
When a mysterious woman summons Nancy Balbirer to a Russian restaurant in New York City, the near stranger’s shocking purple hair and even more shocking news send Balbirer simultaneously reeling back to her past and hurtling toward a future that, at almost fifty years old, she never dreamed possible. This romantic-comedy memoir tells the true story of how a pack of Hollywood television writers and the denizens of a fabled but cursed Manhattan apartment building helped the author and one of her best friends turn a thirty-two-year almost romance into a real one.
Witty and heartfelt, Nancy Balbirer’s sublime memoir proves that love is possible anywhere, anytime, and at any age.
©2022 Nancy Balbirer. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. FINALE (from “Pippin”). Music and Lyrics by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ. © 1972 (Renewed) Stephen Schwartz. All Rights Administered by EMI BMPC CORP. (ASCAP) and JOBETE MUSIC CO., INC. All Rights for JOBETE MUSIC CO., INC. Controlled and Administered by EMI APRIL MUSIC INC. (ASCAP). 3Print Rights for EMI BMPC CORP. Controlled and Administered by ALFRED MUSIC. All Rights Reserved. Used by Permission of ALFRED MUSIC.Los oyentes también disfrutaron...
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5 out of 5 stars
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throughly enjoyed this book.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Reseñas de la Crítica
“Touching and often laugh-out-loud funny…Nancy Meyers and Nora Ephron fans will be utterly charmed.”—Publishers Weekly
“A lively, zesty memoir. Movie buffs, wordplay-loving readers, and hopeless never-say-die-to-love romantics will enjoy this happy-ever-after tale.”—Booklist
“In this new memoir, Balbirer tells the story of a romance more than 30 years in the making, and brings readers along on the equally funny, heartbreaking, and exhilarating adventure to make it work.”—Town & Country
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- melodylee1313
- 03-24-25
Funny, witty, and did I mention FUNNY?
This was written for those who feel that love is a parade that has passed them by (author's words) which includes me! I do remain myopically optimistic, and hearing this book reinforces that. Nancy is absolutely hilarious, and sweet, and smart. I'm loving every second of this book, paused it to review, keeping it short and sweet because this book rocks and I want to finish it.
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- SHM
- 08-14-22
NYC modern day romance full of wit and wisdom
Ok. Have you ever found yourself re-reading pages of a new book because you loved it so much you actually wanted to savor every word on every page? Yea, that’s THIS book. Nancy Balbirer - where have you been all my life? You have amazing heart and wit. A true NYC love story. Can’t wait to read your next novel. Xoxo S
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- Seachelles on the beach13
- 06-08-23
Foul language
I truly struggled to finish to finish this book. I kept walking away from it! Literally. I will never recommend it to anyone.
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