p 　　Nora Ephron 三九 s autobiographical novel chronicling the breakup of her marriage to investigative journalist Carl Bernstein ALL THE PRESIDENT 三九 S MEN is adapted for the big screen by director Mike Nichols and solidly acted by Meryl Streep and Jack Nicholson Rachel Samstat Streep is Ephron 三九 s stand-in, a New York food writer who falls for and marries Washington political columnist Mark Forman Nicholson despite her initial misgivings And it isn 三九 t long before a second pregnancy, separate homes, and the return of Mark 三九 s womanizing places a strain on the marriage that results in a bitter divorce and inspires Rachel 三九 s cynical musings on the nature of love, sex, and relationships p