Shine on, Bright and Dangerous Object
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- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
10 February 2026
Summary
‘Breathtaking, moving and very funny’ Brandon Taylor
Olly is twenty-one when she first meets Sam Bax. Fearless, goofy and risk-taking, he arrives in her life on the back of a huge motorcycle. By the end of the day, the pair are kissing in an apple orchard. A year later, they are married.
Five years after that, Sam has sailed into a storm and Olly is a widow at twenty-seven, left to grieve her impetuous, irresistible husband and deal with a world that treats he…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399614450 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1399614452 |
| Author: | Laurie Colwin |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 10 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 196g |
| 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 StraubBreathtaking, moving and very funny – Brandon TaylorDelights the mind as it touches the heart. Colwin is one of the golden few who can’t, apparently, put a foot wrong * Cosmopolitan *Deep and rich as a long-simmered broth. To redirect its title somewhat, Shine on, Bright and Gifted Writer * Los Angeles Times *I have loved Laurie Colwin’s work for forty-some years, all of it, every honest, deep, friendly, funny, heartbreaking, hopeful word – Anne Lamott
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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