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Molly Hallberg writes a column for Eye Spy, a New York publication.
Her boss, Deirdre Dolson, believes Molly is fearless and will
do anything for an article. Molly has snuck vibrators through
security scanners and posed nude for art studios, all for
the sake of an article. She’s also not afraid to ask
personal questions, which is why Deirdre gives Molly a new
assignment, to be written in Nora Ephron’s style: How
does one find romance, one’s soul mate, in the digital
age?
I love Nora Ephron’s movies. Who hasn’t seen Sleepless
in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally? But Molly is like many
of us, stumbling from one romance to another. A divorcee in
her late 30s, Molly feels she’s not romantic and that’s
not far from the truth. She tries for a romantic evening with
her current boyfriend and it’s soon clear the fireworks
aren’t there. When Molly meets writer Cameron Duncan,
who understands her drive to write, I was thrilled. I especially
loved the sparing repartee that developed between them.
But love is like Nora Ephron’s movies: It’s not
who you end up with or even the “concept” of romance
that makes us happy. It’s the mesmerizing and sometimes
arduous journey we take until we realize that we’ve
finally met our true soul mate.
What Nora Knew is one of the most touching, heartwarming
and funny books I’ve read in ages. Yes, it reveals something
of how difficult dating and finding a true love can be in
this digital age. But the journey that Molly takes in the
novel – the one that swept me willingly along like a
voyeur – had me enjoying every heartache, and every
laugh-out-loud moment in this wonderful book by a truly great
author.
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