Passion and Affect
$23.92
- Paperback
192 pages
- Release Date
9 February 2026
Summary
‘Colwin wrings magic from ordinary lives’ Entertainment Weekly
Carl thinks that his wife Lucy tells him everything, until he discovers her secret daily habit. She has arranged a part of her life away from him and gone swimming in it.
Patricia plays the same honky-tonk album over and over, while worrying that she’ll never become any less young and heedless, any more willing to get down to what her husband calls “the things of life”.
Elizabeth has an orderly existence up…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399614443 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399614444 |
| Author: | Laurie Colwin |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 9 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 180g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm 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 StraubThe glittering, generous, delicious world of Laurie Colwin’s fiction is a gift. We need her voice, her heart and her paean to joy, now more than ever – Dani ShapiroColwin wrings magic from ordinary lives * Entertainment Weekly *Colwin has singlehandedly revitalised the short story * Los Angeles Times *A brilliant observer of the human comedy – Robert McCrum
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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