The book is organised into seven main sections where I examine the film’s narrative chapters, alternating with seven shorter parts where my focus is even more micro, and I look at, for example, the context, the music, the initial reviews, etc. This structure matches, and was indeed inspired by, the structure of the film itself. In When Harry Met Sally… each of the narrative sections that advances the story of the eventual lovers is bracketed by interludes dedicated to a different ‘couch couple’. These present a man and woman who have been married for years recounting how they first met. Although the people on screen are actors playing parts, the stories being told are true: the fifth couch interlude gives the story of how Nora Ephron’s parents met. While these interludes at first seem to be designed as breaks from, and contrasts to, the Sally-Harry story, closer work reveals that they set the key theme for the next narrative section. While a reader could encounter the book and, hopefully, enjoy its analysis of this popular and well-loved film without an appreciation of the symbolism of its structure, I would be gratified if bookstore browsers encountered the page where I detail the reasons behind the book’s organisation, especially if they were then intrigued enough to read the book and revisit the film.I hope that the book is enjoyed by people who already regard When Harry Met Sally… with affection, while leading others unfamiliar with it to watch the film. Since I take it for granted that a work of popular culture like this film can have socio-cultural significance, I would also hope that anyone who does not see the value of pop culture would be persuaded to take another, deeper, look at the film and the genre it represents. Romantic comedies have often been seen as possessing such a transparency that they’re unworthy of critique, but my counter argument would be that they hide their aims in plain sight, and analysing them can reveal much about contemporary societal goals and beliefs.