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While in the United States, she met journalist Carl Bernstein, with whom she had a much-publicised extramarital affair in 1979. Bernstein's then-wife Nora Ephron fictionalised the story in her novel, Heartburn, in which the character of Thelma is a thinly disguised representation of Jay.
Margaret Jay's most famous and scandalous affair was, of course, with the Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein, which took place in Washington in the late Seventies while she was still...
Heartburn is an autobiographical novel based on Nora Ephron's marriage to and divorce from Carl Bernstein, her second husband. Originally published in 1983, the novel draws inspiration from events arising from Bernstein's affair with Margaret Jay, the daughter of former British prime minister James Callaghan.
Aug 28, 2023 · Thelma has “a neck as long as an arm and a nose as long as a thumb,” and she is rumored to be based on Margaret Jay, a Labour Party politician and now ex-wife of the former British ambassador.
Jun 27, 2012 · Remembering Nora Ephron and Her Book “Heartburn”. A look back at the beloved writer and director’s uniquely Washington love story, which chronicled her marriage to Carl Bernstein. The cover of the first edition of Nora Ephron’s Heartburn.
During his marriage to Ephron, Bernstein met Margaret Jay, daughter of British Prime Minister James Callaghan and wife of Peter Jay, then UK ambassador to the United States. They had a much-publicized extramarital relationship in 1979. Margaret later became a government minister in her own right.
Sep 10, 2020 · She also dated and married fellow journalist Carl Bernstein in 1976. Happiness was short-lived, though, as Bernstein cheated on Ephron in 1979 with Margaret Jay, a former BBC producer. Bernstein had a history of skirt-chasing, but when he married Ephron he had apparently reformed.
Mar 15, 2023 · Bernstein, like Rachel’s husband—whom Ephron named Mark Feldman in what many guessed was an allusion to the real identity of Deep Throat—had indeed had an affair with a tall person (and a future...
Mar 16, 2023 · The year was 1979 and Ephron was pregnant with the couple's second child when she discovered Bernstein was having an affair with Margaret Jay, the then-wife of the then-British ambassador.
Jul 9, 2012 · When Ephron, seven months pregnant with their second child, found out that Bernstein was having an affair with Margaret Jay, the wife of British ambassador to the United States Peter Jay, she...
