Hey, it's Empire's Book at the Day. I'm Andrew Limbaugh. There's nothing like falling in love.

Don't take it from me. That comes from Delia Ephron, screenwriter, author, and memoirist. Her new book,

Left on 10th, is this kind of intense recounting of a period in her life when she was dealing with illness and grief

and picking up the pieces after someone she loved died. And listening to this interview with NPR Scott

Simon, you get the sense that she's been through a lot. And she says the thing that helped her get

through it all was writing about it, even if

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Love and loss are levelers. No one could avoid loss, and we all crave love, even as it can make losses harder to bear.

Dili Ephron has written a memoir that takes us through a short time in her life in which she was rocked by the loss of several loved ones, welcomed a new love into her life,

and then was struck by a disease that lurked within her family line.

Her book is Left on 10th.

And Delia Efron, the author of many screenplays, including You've Got Mail,

essays, novels, and a play with her late sister, Nora, joins us now from Manhattan.

Thanks so much for being with us.

Thank you.

I'm delighted to be with you.

I find it daunting to try and explain what you went through in that short period.

Great writer of dialogue that you are, Julia Efron.

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