It Took Getting Screwed Over for Nora Ephron to Break Free... And Did She Ever

Betrayal didn’t break Nora Ephron. She wasn't waiting around for a rescue, but got resourceful instead. Here's how she turned heartbreak into a whole new chapter.

When Nora Ephron’s husband left her while she was pregnant with their second child, she probably didn’t think, “This will be the best thing that ever happens to me.”

How could she?

I know we weren’t doing a happy dance when my husband and I were conned out of our life savings by a predatory business “partner.”

Life-shattering betrayals rarely feel like fre…