Laurie Colwin

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  • Bibliography:
    9 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1974
  • Latest Book:
    October 2022
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Book List in Order: 9 titles

  • Passion and Affect

    Within these fourteen hilarious and insightful tales of urban life, you'll meet: # Raiford Phelps, an ornithologist who discovers new patterns of animal behavior when he meets Mary Leibnitz. # Benno Morna, a temporary bachelor, free to indulge in T...

  • Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object

    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 edge of seventy-seven. With no pretense of "courage", Olly griev...

  • Happy All the Time

    A 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."A funny, loving,...

  • The Lone Pilgrim

    A dazzling collection of stories that masterfully weaves together tales of love and desire in all its forms, exploring the universal complications of the heart -- and the mysteries of being fully human in the world. • “Colwin’s b...

  • Family Happiness

    From the acclaimed author of Home Cooking 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."Sheer perfection." -- Elin HilderbrandTo the re...

  • Another Marvelous Thing

    Another Marvelous Thing is perfect for anyone who knows firsthand that opposites actually do attract. These spare and unsentimental stories display how two very different people -- a tough-minded and tenderhearted woman and an urbane, old-fashioned o...

  • A Big Storm Knocked It over

    “Laurie Colwin’s beautiful final book, A Big Storm Knocked It Over, is funny and moving and rich with complicated happiness -- a love story for anyone who tends to overthink things, a comic novel about trying to find a place in the world.” ...

  • Goodbye Without Leaving

    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. As a bored graduate student, Geraldine Colshares is pluck...

  • The Achieve of, the Mastery of the Thing

    In this short story from Laurie Colwin’s The Lone Pilgrim, the perpetually stoned young wife of a popular college professor struggles to tell her husband that she’s been high since the day they met. Juggling her housewifish duties with her daily ...



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Laurie Colwin has published 9 books.

Laurie Colwin does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Achieve of, the Mastery of the Thing, was published in October 2022.

The first book by Laurie Colwin, Passion and Affect, was published in January 1974.

No. Laurie Colwin does not write books in series.
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