Happy All the Time: A Novel - Hardcover

Colwin, Laurie

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039450190X ISBN 13: 9780394501901

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1978

Synopsis

The courtship of Vincent Cardworthy and Misty Berkowitz and the marriage of Holly Stergis and Guido Morris are marked by practical concerns, romance, surprises, luck, and no upper hands

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Review

A wise, bighearted book by a wise, bighearted writer. A deft and funny one, too. The Washington Post
A luminous telling of two modern romances, a book that lingers sweetly and hilariously in the memory. Dallas Morning News
Abounds in good lines, aphorisms, advice to both the loved and the lovelorn. The New York Times

An elegant, fresh, funny tale of four people in love . There s electricity here... pure delight. Village Voice

A pleasure . Endless surprises and ultimately boundless joy . It would be difficult not to enjoy it all! The New Yorker
Colwin s view of the world is comic with a subtle sense of sadness, and her love for even her most intractable characters does not keep her from laughing at their expense. The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)
[Laurie Colwin] handles feeling as cunningly as Ann Beattie and Frederick Barthelme handle numbness. Los Angeles Times
If Laurie Colwin were an artist instead of a writer, she would be a maker of those small, delicious drawings dropped into the text of The New Yorker. . . . She is a master of lovely incidentals the curve of the belly of a pitcher, the color of a blue Staffordshire plate, the comfort of nursery food on cold days. Christian Science Monitor
Colwin is ingenious, comedic, and spirited. The Boston Globe
[Colwin s] novels . . . have great charm a charm that comes from a calm, witty and observant world view and her engaging writing style. She describes normal life with normal people; she writes about love, relationships and families. She illuminates modern urban romance. She looks at the way husbands and wives, brothers and sisters and, almost inevitably in a Colwin novel, extramarital lovers deal with each other. It might be boring if not for the acuteness of her insight. Buffalo News
A truly wonderful writer. The Orlando Sentinel

Colwin writes with such sunny skill, and such tireless enthusiasm. Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review

The successor to Dorothy Parker and Dawn Powell. Roger Friedman
A writer of originality and vision. San Francisco Chronicle "

"A wise, bighearted book by a wise, bighearted writer. A deft and funny one, too." --The Washington Post

"A luminous telling of two modern romances, a book that lingers sweetly and hilariously in the memory." --Dallas Morning News

"Abounds in good lines, aphorisms, advice to both the loved and the lovelorn." --The New York Times

"An elegant, fresh, funny tale of four people in love.... There's electricity here... pure delight." --Village Voice

"A pleasure.... Endless surprises and ultimately boundless joy.... It would be difficult not to enjoy it all!" --The New Yorker
"Colwin's view of the world is comic with a subtle sense of sadness, and her love for even her most intractable characters does not keep her from laughing at their expense." --The Times-Picayune (New Orleans)

"[Laurie Colwin] handles feeling as cunningly as Ann Beattie and Frederick Barthelme handle numbness." --Los Angeles Times

"If Laurie Colwin were an artist instead of a writer, she would be a maker of those small, delicious drawings dropped into the text of The New Yorker. . . . She is a master of lovely incidentals--the curve of the belly of a pitcher, the color of a blue Staffordshire plate, the comfort of 'nursery' food on cold days." --Christian Science Monitor

"Colwin is ingenious, comedic, and spirited." --The Boston Globe

"[Colwin's] novels . . . have great charm--a charm that comes from a calm, witty and observant world view and her engaging writing style. She describes normal life with normal people; she writes about love, relationships and families. She illuminates modern urban romance. She looks at the way husbands and wives, brothers and sisters--and, almost inevitably in a Colwin novel, extramarital lovers--deal with each other. It might be boring if not for the acuteness of her insight." --Buffalo News

"A truly wonderful writer." --The Orlando Sentinel

"Colwin writes with such sunny skill, and such tireless enthusiasm." --Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review

"The successor to Dorothy Parker and Dawn Powell." --Roger Friedman

"A writer of originality and vision." --San Francisco Chronicle

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 Marvelous Thing--and two collections of essays, Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. Colwin died in 1992.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 039450190X
• ISBN 13: 9780394501901
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 213