Family Happiness: A Novel (Perennial Fiction Library) - Softcover

Colwin, Laurie

 
9780060972721: Family Happiness: A Novel (Perennial Fiction Library)

Synopsis

With all the weight, privilege, and arrogance of her old, old American Jewish family bearing down on her, Polly Demarest finds herself in an adulterous affair that gives an unexpected balance to her life

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Review

"Consistently amusing and ultimately surprising."-- "Newsweek"If anyone wrote eloquently and magnificently about affairs of the heart, it was Laurie Colwin."-- "San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author

Laurie Colwin is the author of five novels: Happy All the Time; Family Happiness; Goodbye Without Leaving; Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object; and A Big Storm Knocked It Over; three collections of short stories: Passion and Affect, Another Marvelous Thing, and The Lone Pilgrim; and two collections of essays: Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. She died in 1992.

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