A Big Storm Knocked it Over

Name: A Big Storm Knocked it Over
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Laurie Colwin

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
17 February 2026

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Series: W&N Essentials

'A love story for anyone who tends to overthink things' Maile Meloy

In her late thirties, book designer Jane Louise Parker has started to worry she will never find someone to marry. Until she meets Teddy, whose native decency leaves her almost breathless at her good fortune.

After their wedding, Jane Louise returns to work at a small publishing house, but struggles to think of herself as older, wiser, more grown-up.

Soon though she, along with her best friend Edie, will find out whether motherhood might just be the ultimate dividing line between youth and something else.

Laurie Colwin's final novel joyfully explores friendship, love, marriage, motherhood and families created in their own particular way.

A W&N Essential

By: Laurie Colwin
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 196mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 200g
ISBN: 9781399614429
ISBN 10: 1399614428
Series: W&N Essentials
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 17 February 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Laurie Colwin is the author of five novels - HAPPY ALL THE TIME, FAMILY HAPPINESS, GOODBYE WITHOUT LEAVING, A BIG STORM KNOCKED IT OVER and SHINE ON, BRIGHT AND DANGEROUS OBJECT - three collections of short stories - PASSION AND AFFECT, THE LONE PILGRIM and ANOTHER MARVELLOUS THING - and two collections of essays, HOME COOKING and MORE HOME COOKING. Laurie Colwin died in 1992.