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.
A jewel of romantic comedy - New York Times Delicious with much wit ... author and reader have the greatest fun - Sunday Telegraph Rare and charming ... refreshingly soothing - Company Shimmering ... funny... it made everything in my life seem a whole lot better - Cosmopolitan Amazing! Impossible to put down ... sharply funny, altogether unusual. I recommend it highly - Newsweek A funny, loving, celebratory book ... in which everything is perfect - Boston Globe Merry and bright and tender ... written in exquisitely balanced sentences that taste just right. Comparison with Jane Austen is not out of order - New York Post A pleasure ... endless surprises and ultimately boundless joy ... It would be difficult not to enjoy it all - New Yorker