Passion and Affect by Laurie Colwin

Passion and Affect by Laurie Colwin

'Colwin wrings magic from ordinary lives' Entertainment Weekly

Carl thinks that his wife Lucy tells him everything, until he discovers her secret daily habit. She has arranged a part of her life away from him and gone swimming in it.

Patricia plays the same honky-tonk album over and over, while worrying that she'll never become any less young and heedless, any more willing to get down to what her husband calls "the things of life".

Elizabeth has an orderly existence up to the day she meets Richard: a slightly wrecked married man on the fringes of middle age who holds her hand as if it is an eggshell.

This sparkling story collection from the adored Laurie Colwin explores love, longing and all we can never know about each other.

A W&N Essential

An infallible recipe for happiness: read as much Laurie Colwin as you can -- Emma Straub

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 MARVELLOUS THING - and two collections of essays, HOME COOKING and MORE HOME COOKING. Laurie Colwin died in 1992.

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ISBN 13	9781399614443
ISBN 10	1399614444
Title	Passion and Affect
Author	Laurie Colwin
Series	W And N Essentials
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2025-11-06
Number of pages	192
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