I Feel Bad About My Neck

Wildly funny and, although extremely accurate (at least for most of us), not remotely depressing.

Joanna Trollope

An uncanny ability to sound like your best friend, whoever you are.

New York Times

What's refreshing about Ephron is that she refuses to entertain any illusions about the terrible fate that awaits us. What's great about her is that she makes the truth about life so funny when it should be so grim.

Sunday Times

The key to Ephron's humour is likeability . . . she knows that the point of writing personal essays is to make readers say not "This woman is crazy" but "So you feel like that too, huh?"

The Oldie

Few will troll these droll selections without being charmed to bits . . . Recall how hard it was last year to find a present for Mother's Day that wasn't yet one more box of chocolate? Remember this book. You'll thank me. It's perfect.

Lionel Shriver, Guardian

You'll laugh out loud...heartwarming.

Easy Living

Nobody does it funnier.

Maureen Lipman

One of the smartest, slickest looks at being a woman growing older . . . a bit like having your own clever film narrator's voice accompanying you through the sticky bits of life: the grief of a sagging neck, the joy of a good handbag, the unremitting loss of a best friend and the effort of facing up to no longer being 50.

Good Housekeeping

Lots of good jokes, and a wonderfully amusing read.

Virginia Ironside

Had me in complete fits of laughter.

Judy Astley

Laugh-out-loud.

Glamour

Wry and amusing . . . brave and funny.

Washington Post

Wickedly witty and astute.

Boston Globe