Laurie Colwin





Laurie Colwin

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born
in The United States
June 14, 1944

died
October 24, 1992

gender
female

genre


About this 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.


Average rating: 4.15 · 6,344 ratings · 619 reviews · 18 distinct works · Similar authors
Home Cooking: A Writer in t...
4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 2,026 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions
Happy All the Time
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 972 ratings — published 1978 — 12 editions
More Home Cooking: A Writer...
4.42 of 5 stars 4.42 avg rating — 720 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions
A Big Storm Knocked It Over
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 513 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions
Goodbye Without Leaving
3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 469 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions
Family Happiness
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 435 ratings — published 1983 — 10 editions
Shine On, Bright and Danger...
4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 1975 — 10 editions
The Lone Pilgrim
4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 287 ratings — published 1981 — 6 editions
Another Marvelous Thing
4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 329 ratings7 editions
Passion and Affect
4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 1974 — 7 editions
More books by Laurie Colwin…
“No one who cooks, cooks alone. Even at her most solitary, a cook in the kitchen is surrounded by generations of cooks past, the advice and menus of cooks present, the wisdom of cookbook writers.”
Laurie Colwin

“The old days were slower. People buttered their bread without guilt and sat down to dinner en famille.”
Laurie Colwin, Home Cooking: A Writer in the Kitchen

“Once my jars were labeled, I felt contentedly thrilled with myself, as if I had pulled off a wonderful trick. People feel this way when they bake bread or have babies, and although they are perfectly entitled to feel that way, in fact, nature does most of the work.”
Laurie Colwin, More Home Cooking: A Writer Returns to the Kitchen

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