INTRODUCTION
Who knew Nora Ephron was such a Harpy? Barbara Walters, that’s who.
Following Ephron’s death in June 2012, the New York Post reported that she and Walters were members of the Harpies, described as “a close-knit cadre of lunching ladies who’ve met to eat and argue over twelve years at Michael’s, the Four Seasons, and ‘21.’”
The Harpies include other media moguls too, and according to my favorite tabloid, the ladies often gossip about Hillary—her whereabouts, her fatigue, her hair—and engage in “intense debate” over the latest headlines. “God forbid you were wrong,” a Harpy insider told the Post, “or you were dismissed and reduced to rubble … with great affection.” It seemed that these women were exacting and precise, that they held ...
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