In this engaging collection of stories, a diverse and colorful cast of characters explore the absurd nature of urban adulthood and try to make sense of their lives and its everyday pressures.
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"Colwin has single-handedly revitalized the short story" -- --Los Angeles Times
"Colwin is ingenious, comedic and spirited." -- --Maxine Kumin, Boston Globe --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
"Colwin is ingenious, comedic and spirited." -- --Maxine Kumin, Boston Globe --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Laurie Colwin is the author of five novels: Happy All the Time, Family Happiness, Goodbye Without Leaving, Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object, and A Big Storm Knocked It Over; three collections of short stories: Passion and Affect, Another Marvelous Thing, and The Lone Pilgrim; and two collections of essays: Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. She died in 1992.
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I'd read Colwin's longer works, but these stories were a revelation -- her miraculously natural writing, and her ability to get characters just right. One of the world's most entertaining writers, ever, with heart and soul.
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There's something so great about the way Laurie Colwin writes--she is an avid observer, and her language is always right on. This book is no exception. I enjoyed it very much.
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Laurie Colwin is a wonderful, quirky writer. Her characters are well-drawn and altogether fascinating. I highly recommend this book! I plan to get her other books, but with larger type than this one--teeny!
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ON THE ROOF of the East Wing of the American Naturalist Museum was a greenhouse, blocked from public view by turrets and facades. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Jane Catherine, Betty Helen, Arnold Milgrim, New York, Richard Mignon, Misty Berkowitz, Board of City Planning, Mary Leibnitz, Sara Justina, Alden Marshall, Charlie Hartz, Eddie Crater, Riverside Drive, Binnie Chester, Bronx Music Palace, George Garzanti, Holly Stergis, Stone Boy Lake, Essie Beck, Grace Jacoby, Lilly Gillette, New Year, Paradise Lane, Terry Parmett, Virginia Cadwalder New!
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- Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Another Marvelous Thing by Laurie Colwin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Family Happiness by Laurie Colwin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Lone Pilgrim by Laurie Colwin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen by Laurie Colwin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
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- Another Marvelous Thing by Laurie Colwin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Lone Pilgrim by Laurie Colwin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object by Laurie Colwin in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- Family Happiness by Laurie Colwin in Back Matter
- Goodbye Without Leaving by Laurie Colwin in Front Matter
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