{"product_id":"a-big-storm-knocked-it-over-a-novel-isbn-9780063046436","title":"A Big Storm Knocked It Over: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Laurie Colwin’s beautiful final book, \u003cem\u003eA Big Storm Knocked It Over\u003c\/em\u003e, is funny and moving and rich with complicated happiness—a love story for anyone who tends to overthink things, a comic novel about trying to find a place in the world.” — Maile Meloy, author of \u003cem\u003eBoth Ways Is the Only Way I Want It\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIn 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. At once a hilarious social commentary and an insightful, sophisticated modern romance, \u003cem\u003eA Big Storm Knocked It Over\u003c\/em\u003e stands as a living tribute to one of contemporary fiction’s most original and beloved voices.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her late thirties, Jane Louise Parker has just married a man whose native decency leaves her almost breathless at her good fortune. After the wedding, she returns to work at a small and tony publishing house whose finances are in disarray. Alongside her best friend, Edie, Jane Louise patiently waits to become pregnant, wondering if a baby will provide a sense of rootedness that still seems to elude her. When that longed-for child arrives, it transforms the Parkers’ lives in a way that is as unexpected as it is rapturous. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“I would love. . . to start a Colwin renaissance.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElin Hilderbrand, on NPR’s “All Things Considered”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Laurie Colwin’s beautiful final book, \u003cem\u003eA Big Storm Knocked It Over\u003c\/em\u003e, is funny and moving and rich with complicated happiness-a love story for anyone who tends to overthink things, a comic novel about trying to find a place in the world.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaile Meloy, author of Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“I’ve read and re-read every book by Laurie Colwin. Acutely observed, beautifully written, witty, and profound—each one is a delight.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGretchen Rubin, author of Happier at Home and The Happiness Project\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Laurie Colwin was utterly fearless in writing about happiness. . . . The novel makes the idea of happy endings for decent people seem entirely plausible, almost inevitable—no small feat for a writer these days and no small pleasure for a reader.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"From the first sentence of \u003cem\u003eA Big Storm Knocked It Over, \u003c\/em\u003ebeguiling words and an engaging ambience combine to seduce us.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Laurie Colwin's last and most touching work.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889462178021,"sku":"NP9780063046436","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063046436.jpg?v=1730231307","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-big-storm-knocked-it-over-a-novel-isbn-9780063046436","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}