Happy All the Time

A jewel of romantic comedy * New York Times *Uplifting, funny, generous and perspicacious (especially about love), Happy all the Time is one of the most comforting, clever novels I know. – Samantha EllisFeaturing possibly the Loveliest line from a book ever - “she felt as well placed in the world as a fresh loaf of bread” - this novel from the witty, warm Colwin about two cousins’ search for Love is like literary sunshine * i Paper *Feels utterly modern … A genuine romantic comedy, and a wise and affirming one at that … Happiness, Colwin suggests, is not something achieved once and for all, but a process, something you must work at all the time. It’s a lesson that has held up for almost fifty years, and I expect it won’t go out of date any time soon – Sam Corbett * The Times *A pleasure … endless surprises and ultimately boundless joy … It would be difficult not to enjoy it all * New Yorker *Delicious with much wit … author and reader have the greatest fun * Sunday Telegraph *Rare and charming … refreshingly soothing * Company *Laurie Colwin was the best kind of master: human and humorous, full of wisdom and love. When am I happy all the time? When I have a stack of Laurie Colwin books beside me – Emma StraubShimmering … funny … it made everything in my life seem a whole lot better * Cosmopolitan *Amazing! Impossible to put down … sharply funny, altogether unusual. I recommend it highly * Newsweek *A funny, loving, celebratory book … in which everything is perfect * Boston Globe *Merry and bright and tender … written in exquisitely balanced sentences that taste just right. Comparison with Jane Austen is not out of order * New York Post *The cleverly curated new W&N Essentials range launches with Happy All The Time by Laurie Colwin. This sparkling and witty romantic comedy of manners… is like literary serotonin. – Charlotte Heathcote * SUNDAY EXPRESS S MAGAZINE *it abounds in good lines, aphorisms, advice to both the loved and the lovelorn * New York Times *An elegant, fresh, funny tale of four people in love … There’s electricity here … Pure delight * Village Voice *Colwin’s canny Manhattan pastorale strikes me as at least as much fun to read as Sense and Sensibility * Newsweek *Charming, funny, readable, smart, somewhere to go if you’ve already hoovered up every last mote of Nora Ephron. My paperback comes with an introduction by the great Katherine Heiny. I don’t know what you’re waiting for – Nick HornbyThe book I turn to most during times of romantic despair … As well as being enormously comforting it is also captivating, sharp, and very acute on the sexual and social mores of 70s New York - as well as speaking to more eternal philosophical concerns on what it means to be loved, and to love well in return – Sophie Mackintosh * i Paper *

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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