Laurie Colwin

• Jan-1974
• / Romance
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Within these fourteen hilarious and insightful tales of urban life, you'll meet: # Raiford Phelps, an ornithologist who discovers new patterns of animal behavior when he meets Mary Leibnitz. # Benno Morna, a temporary bachelor, free to indulge in T...

• Jun-1975
• / Romance
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When Sam Bax, that charming daredevil of a Boston lawyer, sails his boat into a storm off the coast of Maine, Elizabeth "Olly" Bax, his wife and ardent sidekick, becomes a widow at the edge of seventy-seven. With no pretense of "courage", Olly griev...

• Sep-1978
• / Literary
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A modern classic first published in 1978 that is as much a sophisticated romantic comedy about the love between two partners as it is a novel about the powerful bonds shared by family members, friends, colleagues and confidants. • With a forew...

• Feb-1981
• / General Fiction
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A dazzling collection of stories that masterfully weaves together tales of love and desire in all its forms, exploring the universal complications of the heart -- and the mysteries of being fully human in the world. • “Colwin’s b...

• Sep-1982
• / Romance
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From the acclaimed author of Home Cooking comes a heartfelt novel about a midlife crisis and a woman tired of being taken for granted -- and a reminder that family, like happiness, can take many forms.“Colwin wrings magic from ordinary lives.” -...

• Mar-1986
• / Romance
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Another Marvelous Thing is perfect for anyone who knows firsthand that opposites actually do attract. These spare and unsentimental stories display how two very different people -- a tough-minded and tenderhearted woman and an urbane, old-fashioned o...

• Sep-1993
• / Women's Fiction
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“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.” ...

• May-2000
• / General Fiction
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An insightful domestic comedy, at once hilarious and extremely moving, Goodbye Without Leaving is the story of a woman's attempt to remain true to herself in a world of diminishing returns. As a bored graduate student, Geraldine Colshares is pluck...

• Oct-2022
• / Contemporary Romance
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In this short story from Laurie Colwin’s The Lone Pilgrim, the perpetually stoned young wife of a popular college professor struggles to tell her husband that she’s been high since the day they met. Juggling her housewifish duties with her daily ...