{"title":"Laurie Colwin","description":"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 Marvelous Thing; and two collections of essays, Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. Colwin died in 1992.","products":[{"product_id":"family-happiness-paperback","title":"Family Happiness - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eHome Cooking\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Colwin wrings magic from ordinary lives.\" --\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTo the rest of the world, Polly Solo-Miller Demarest lives acharmed life. She has a beautiful home, a dashing lawyer husband, and two delightful children. But beneath this idyllic surface, the pressure of being the \"perfect flower\"of an illustrious family--and a stable, always-available wife, mother, and daughter--are getting to her. The spark has gone out of her marriage, and to her own surprise, she's having an affair. What follows is at once cathartic and provoking, and both may be necessary states in order for Polly to become the kind of person she wants to be.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104029708511,"sku":"9780593313541","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/XNR7k6aw309780593313541.webp?v=1781099896"},{"product_id":"happy-all-the-time-paperback","title":"Happy All the Time - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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. \u003cb\u003e- \u003c\/b\u003eWith a foreword by Katherine Heiny, author of \u003ci\u003eEarly Morning Riser.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"How is it I hadn't heard of HAPPY ALL THE TIME until now? What a breezy, witty, nutty book. It's charm distilled.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eMaria Semple, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWhere'd You Go, Bernadette\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGuido and Vincent, best friends (and third cousins), aren't expecting to fall head-over-heels in love, but that is exactly what happens. Guido is smitten with Holly, a dazzling young woman who chafes at the idea of complacency, while Vincent falls for Misty, a work colleague with an acerbic sense of humor who seems as uninterested in romance as she is in Vincent (at first). In the months that follow, both couples will experience the rituals of courtship, jealousy, estrangement, family entanglements, and other perils of the heart as they try to find love in spite of themselves. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eColwin is a master of portraying the messiness of life: here, in hilarious and endearing prose, she follows these two improbable pairs, and their families, as they navigate and ultimately find happiness together--not all the time, but for most of it.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50104093081823,"sku":"9780307474407","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/rddxJNZIJD9780307474407.webp?v=1781100035"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/laurie-colwin.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}