A Big Storm Knocked it Over
$25.28
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
17 February 2026
Summary
‘A love story for anyone who tends to overthink things’ Maile Meloy
In her late thirties, book designer Jane Louise Parker has started to worry she will never find someone to marry. Until she meets Teddy, whose native decency leaves her almost breathless at her good fortune.
After their wedding, Jane Louise returns to work at a small publishing house, but struggles to think of herself as older, wiser, more grown-up.
Soon though she, along with her best…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399614429 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399614428 |
| Author: | Laurie Colwin |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 17 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 185g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 20mm |
| Series: | W&N Essentials |
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Critics Review
An infallible recipe for happiness: read as much Laurie Colwin as you can – Emma StraubA love story for anyone who tends to overthink things – Maile MeloyThis novel makes the idea of happy endings for decent people seem entirely plausible - no small feat for a writer these days and no small pleasure for a reader * New York Times *Laurie Colwin is the poet of married love – Edmund WhiteA writer whose rare gift it was to evoke contentment, satisfaction and affection * New Yorker *
About The Author
Laurie Colwin
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 MARVELLOUS THING - and two collections of essays, HOME COOKING and MORE HOME COOKING. Laurie Colwin died in 1992.
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