{"product_id":"a-big-storm-knocked-it-over-9780063046436","title":"A Big Storm Knocked It Over","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eColwin, Laurie:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eLaurie Colwin is the author of five novels: \u003cem\u003eHappy All the Time\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFamily Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eGoodbye Without Leaving\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eShine On, Bright and Dangerous Object\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eA Big Storm Knocked It Over\u003c\/em\u003e; three collections of short stories: \u003cem\u003ePassion and Affect\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnother Marvelous Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eThe Lone Pilgrim\u003c\/em\u003e; and two collections of essays: \u003cem\u003eHome Cooking\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMore Home Cooking\u003c\/em\u003e. She died in 1992.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50682068074770,"sku":"9780063046436","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_eedb4da7-1828-4b08-bb04-47e78ad69729.jpg?v=1733963181","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/a-big-storm-knocked-it-over-9780063046436","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}