Non-Food Writing
Happy All the Time
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This delightful comedy of manners and morals is about romantic friendship, romantic marriage, and romantic love"“about four people who are good-hearted and sane, lucky and gifted, and who find one another.
A Big Storm Knocked it Over
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In A Big Storm Knocked It Over, acclaimed author Laurie Colwin explores marriage, friendship, motherhood, and careers as experienced by a cast of endearing idiosyncratic Manhattanites.
Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object
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When Sam Bax, that charming daredevil of a Boston lawyer, sails his boat into a storm off the coast of Maine, Elizabeth Olly Bax, his wife and ardent sidekick, becomes a widow at the age of seventy-seven.
Goodbye without Leaving
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An insightful domestic comedy, at once hilarious and extremely moving, Goodbye Without Leaving is the story of a woman's attempt to remain true to herself in a world of diminishing returns.
Family Happiness
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An engaging and enriching novel from a critically acclaimed author that tells the story of a happy wife and mother who one day finds herself embarked on a completely unexpected, sweet, and painful love affair.
Another Marvelous Thing
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Another Marvelous Thing is perfect for anyone who knows firsthand that opposites actually do attract.
Black and Blue
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For eighteen years, Fran Benedetto kept her secret. And hid her bruises. And stayed with Bobby because she wanted her son to have a father. And because, in spite of everything, she loved him.
Object Lessons
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It is the 1960s, in suburban New York City. Maggie and her family, are in the thrall of her powerful grandfather Jack Scanlan. In the summer of her twelfth year, Maggie is despertately trying to master the object lessons her grandfather fills her head with.
The Lone Pilgrim
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This collection of stories about love and privacy is serious , funny, tender, and alive with the elegance and spirit that characterize Laurie Colwin's work.
A Short Guide to Happiness
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In this treasure of a book, Anna Quindlen, the bestselling novelist and columnist, reflects on what it takes to get a life--to live deeply every day and from your own unique self, rather than merely to exist through your days.