- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: HarperPerennial; Reprint edition (Dec 1989)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060972726
- ISBN-13: 978-0060972721
- Product Dimensions: 18 x 11.9 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,434,878 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A novel from Laurie Colwin whose previous works include "Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object", "Happy All the Time", and "Another Marvellous Thing". The author's short story collections include "Passion and Affect" and "The Lone Pilgrim".
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Polly Solo-Miller Demarest was the perfect flower of the Solo-Miller family. Read the first page
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I have read this book countless times, since I first read it in 1984. If Jane Austen had lived in East Coast America in the late 20th Century, this is the book she would have written. The plot is less important than the characters, especially the depiction of family life. It's imposible to decide whether this family is deeply dysfunctional or just normal, albeit comprising some idiosyncratic characters, especially the mother, Wendy, a real Jane Austen matriarch. This book never fails to lift my spirits. I was devastated when Laurie Colwin died so young - she was great loss.
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This book touched me like no other book, I went through the same expierence eleven years ago, that was the most painful, enduring task I have ever gone through.
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Laurie Colwin's urban pastorals have delighted city folk for years; they're witty, intelligent, touching, and happy. Colwin's loss to cancer was a loss for American letters.
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