it was high time there was a book that acknowledged that not everybody experiences the joy of cooking, that sometimes cooking for a family on a daily basis can be really irritating! This book, with 135 easy recipes, is for those people, crabby cooks like me! It's a collection of humor, survival tips and recipes, for the kitchen-challenged!" In March 2011, she was on tour promoting her book. Stops included Chicago, where she held a "Lunch and Learn with Jessica Harper". Personal life Harper married Thomas Edgar Rothman, a top executive at Sony Pictures (formerly of 20th Century Fox) on March 11, 1989 in an ecumenical ceremony. She has two daughters, Elizabeth and Nora, who are featured on her children's albums and books. Harper resides in Los Angeles, California, and New York City. In a blog post on her official website in 2017, Harper revealed she had suffered from neovascular macular degeneration for the past 15 years, and that she receives injections in her eye every six weeks to treat the condition. Recordings A Wonderful Life (1994) Filmography Film Television Stage References External links The Crabby Cook Jessica Harper's Winnetka personal memoir (podcast) 1949 births Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Chicago Actresses from Los Angeles American women singers American film actresses American television actresses American women writers North Shore Country Day School alumni Sarah Lawrence College alumni