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Nancy Balbirer

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New York City, The United States

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Memoir

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Joyce Johnson, Cookie Mueller, Carrie Fisher, Nora Ephron, Colette

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Nancy Balbirer is a writer and performer of stage and screen. She is the author of "Take Your Shirt Off and Cry." She lives in Los Angeles with her family.

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	A Marriage in Dog Years 3.52 avg rating — 3,753 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Take Your Shirt Off and Cry: A Memoir of Near-Fame Experiences 3.12 avg rating — 153 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Day My New Book Arrived From The Publisher

The day my book arrived--the final--FINAL, in all its hardcover glory. I couldn't even breathe as I opened the box--I guess I was a little in shock. I thumbed through the pages, in awe of their beauty, silently thanking the tree that died for my artistic expression, marveling that all the words are ones I picked. During the lonely, often frustrating days and nights of the writing process, sometime Read more of this blog post »

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Published on May 15, 2018 11:28

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“I believe you should never blow off a good story just because it’s challenging. I believe that falling off the path is the path. I believe that two things can be true. I believe in Love after Love. I believe in Barbra and Barry and that maybe the best is for last. I believe in saving your napkins. I believe you have no idea how much this means to you. I believe if you count all your Fridays, one of the good ones will turn out to be the best Friday ever. Because even if you can’t imagine it, cuz it’s never happened, when it happens and it’s finally here, you’ll know because you’d imagined it all the time. And anyway—what do you have to lose?”
― Nancy Balbirer, Almost Romance

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“My affection for her was real. But real love was never there, no matter how hard I tried. But you have always been there. In my mind, in my heart, in my thoughts. The fact is, it’s ALWAYS BEEN YOU. There is zero doubt in my mind we’d be together if we lived in the same city. OR AT LEAST WE WOULD HAVE TRIED.
REALLY TRIED.”
― Nancy Balbirer, Almost Romance

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“To love,” Stephen the Buddhist therapist would many years later frequently intone, “is to become aware of loss with further losses to come. This is why love makes us so anxious even when it is good.”
― Nancy Balbirer, A Marriage in Dog Years

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