A Big Storm Knocked it Over
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A Big Storm Knocked it Over
A Big Storm Knocked it Over
In her fifth and final novel, acclaimed author Laurie Colwin explores marriage and friendship, motherhood and careers, as experienced by a cast of delightfully idiosyncratic Manhattanites
A Big Storm Knocked it Over '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 friend Edie, will find out whether motherhood might just be the ultimate dividing line between youth and something else.
Laurie Colwin's final novel joyfully explores friendship, love, marriage, motherhood, and families created in their own particular way.
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781399614429
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 06 November 2025
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 196.0mm
Weight: 200g
Pages: 256
About the Author
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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