A Big Storm Knocked It Over

“I would love… to start a Colwin renaissance.” - Elin Hilderbrand, on NPR’s “All Things Considered”“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.” - Maile Meloy, author of Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It“I’ve read and re-read every book by Laurie Colwin. Acutely observed, beautifully written, witty, and profound–each one is a delight.” - Gretchen Rubin, author of Happier at Home and The Happiness Project“Laurie Colwin was utterly fearless in writing about happiness… . The novel makes the idea of happy endings for decent people seem entirely plausible, almost inevitable–no small feat for a writer these days and no small pleasure for a reader.” - New York Times“From the first sentence of A Big Storm Knocked It Over, beguiling words and an engaging ambience combine to seduce us.” - Washington Post Book World“Laurie Colwin’s last and most touching work.” - Boston Globe

Laurie Colwin is the author of five novels: Happy All the Time; Family Happiness; Goodbye Without Leaving; Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object; and A Big Storm Knocked It Over; three collections of short stories: Passion and Affect, Another Marvelous Thing, and The Lone Pilgrim; and two collections of essays: Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. She died in 1992.