A Big Storm Knocked It Over
A Novel
On Sale: 06/24/2014
A Big Storm Knocked It Over
A Novel
On Sale: 06/24/2014
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About the Book
“Laurie Colwin’s beautiful final book, A Big Storm Knocked It Over, is funny and moving and rich with complicated happiness—a love story for anyone who tends to overthink things, a comic novel about trying to find a place in the world.” — Maile Meloy, author of Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
In her fifth and final novel, acclaimed author Laurie Colwin explores marriage and friendship, motherhood and careers, as experienced by a cast of delightfully idiosyncratic Manhattanites. At once a hilarious social commentary and an insightful, sophisticated modern romance, A Big Storm Knocked It Over stands as a living tribute to one of contemporary fiction’s most original voices.
Critical Praise
"Laurie Colwin's last and most touching work." - Boston Globe
“Laurie Colwin’s beautiful final book, A Big Storm Knocked It Over, is funny and moving and rich with complicated happiness-a love story for anyone who tends to overthink things, a comic novel about trying to find a place in the world.” - Maile Meloy, author of Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It
"From the first sentence of A Big Storm Knocked It Over, beguiling words and an engaging ambience combine to seduce us." - Washington Post Book World
“I’ve read and re-read every book by Laurie Colwin. Acutely observed, beautifully written, witty, and profound—each one is a delight.” - Gretchen Rubin, author of Happier at Home and The Happiness Project
"Laurie Colwin was utterly fearless in writing about happiness. . . . The novel makes the idea of happy endings for decent people seem entirely plausible, almost inevitable—no small feat for a writer these days and no small pleasure for a reader." - New York Times
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Product Details
- ISBN: 9780062308238
- ISBN 10: 0062308238
- Imprint: Harper Perennial
- On Sale: 06/24/2014
- Pages: 272
- List Price:19.99 CAD
- BISAC1 : FICTION / Contemporary Women
- BISAC2 : FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
- BISAC3 : FICTION / Humorous / General