Another Marvelous Thing

The acclaimed author of Happy All the Time charts the story of a whirlwind love affair of two people who are happily married (just not to each other) from its fabulous inception to its inevitable end. "Virtually flawless.... A tour de force." Los Angeles Times

Billy and Francis couldn t be more different, at least when it comes to age and disposition, but that doesn t prevent them from falling in love and settling into the easy rhythms of romance phone calls every morning, rendezvous every weekday afternoon, the odd out-of-town escape despite both still being very partial to their spouses. In interconnected stories, Laurie Colwin deftly reveals each character s point of view and examines, in razor-sharp detail, the marvelous and messy glory of modern love and the curious desires of the heart.

This whirlwind romance, perfectly captured in Colwinesque frank and funny style, is firm proof that oppositesreally do attract.

Rezension:

Virtually flawless.... A tour de force. Los Angeles Times

These should be read one at a time, perhaps just before bed as a respite from an especially trying day. The New York Times

Colwin is a bard of burgeoning adulthood. The New Yorker

If anyone wrote eloquently and magnificently about affairs of the heart, it was Laurie Colwin." San Francisco Chronicle

"Colwin is ingenious, comedic, and spirited. The Boston Globe

A witty, literate and intelligent entertainment, a commodity not so easily come by these days. The New York Times

Colwin wrings magic from ordinary lives. Entertainment Weekly

I have loved Laurie Colwin s work for forty-some years, all of it, every honest, deep, friendly, funny, heartbreaking, hopeful word. Anne Lamott, bestselling author of Almost Everything and Dusk, Night, Dawn

"Colwin had the power to make her readers believe in life s possibilities.... Her books still have that pow er. NPR

I read my first Laurie Colwin book way way back in the 1970s and have adored her ever since: Reading her exuberant prose, her elegant (but not at all stuffy) sentences, I always marvel at her absolute love for her characters in all their foibles and their flaws, and how she urges us to have the same generosity toward them (and ourselves). Basically, reading (and rereading) Colwin's short stories and novels always makes me happy. Nancy Pearl, co-author of The Writer s Library

Laurie Colwin s great subject was happiness whether romantic, familial, domestic, or culinary and she managed to write about it with both élan and emotional depth.... How wonderful it is that her books are still with us. The Christian Science Monitor

[Colwin s] intricate worlds full of people who lovingly revolve around one another, with occasional pit stops in their kitchens, dining rooms, and local coffee shops have been a refuge from my own overcomplicated life more t imes than I can count. Melanie Rehak, Bookforum

"An infallible recipe for happiness: read as much Laurie Colwin as you can. Emma Straub, bestselling author of All Adults Here

"A writer whose rare gift it was to evoke contentment, satisfaction, and affection. The New Yorker

To read Laurie Colwin, whether her wryly eloquent fiction or her richly detailed nonfiction, is to enter the sensibility of a singular human. Long before there were food bloggers and Bookstagrammers, Colwin understood that strong opinions and witty failures could appeal to readers of all ages and stages. Bethanne Patrick

Touching and wise. The Village Voice

Colwin writes with such sunny skill, and such tireless enthusiasm.... One reads with fascination the steps by which lovers in one story after another stumble upon their forthright declarations. Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review

The glittering, generous, delicious world of Laurie Co lwin s fiction is a gift and a lodestar. When writers speak of our favorites, our literary godmothers, her name invariably enters the conversation. How thrilling to know that readers new to her will now have the pleasure of discovering her glorious work. We need her voice, her heart, and her paean to joy, now more than ever. Dani Shapiro, bestselling author of Inheritance