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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.
Jun 28, 1985 · The celebrated marriage of Carl Bernstein and Nora Ephron ended in divorce last Thursday in D.C. Superior Court, but the drama continues.
- Chuck Conconi
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...
- Deborah Ross
Mar 19, 1989 · His life had gone beyond chaotic. While Nora was pregnant with their second child, Bernstein had his now-notorious affair with Margaret Jay, wife of the 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.
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.
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.
