The Lone Pilgrim by Laurie Colwin

The Lone Pilgrim by Laurie Colwin

'Colwin is a bard of burgeoning adulthood' New Yorker

Polly has been the house pet to several families: friendly, cheerful, good with children, happy to bask in the domesticity of other people's lives - until she meets Gilbert.

Cordy, raised with the spartan, pleasure-rejecting habits of the very rich, cannot stomach the pleasures of his beloved Jane's cooking, her lavender soap, her adoration.

And Ann, the perpetually stoned young wife of a popular college professor, tries to find the courage to tell her husband that she's been high since the day they met.

Humorous, tender and moving, here are tales of love and desire in all its forms, with each story told in Laurie Colwin's irresistible, inimitable style.

A W&N Essential

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

Laurie Colwin (1944-1992) was born in Manhattan and raised in Long Island, Chicago and Philadelphia. She attended Bard College and Columbia University and worked as a translator and book editor before selling her first story, at the age of twenty-five, to the New Yorker. She went on to publish eight critically acclaimed works of fiction and two beloved collections of essays and recipes - Home Cooking and More Home Cooking. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, 'if anyone wrote eloquently and magnificently about affairs of the heart, it was Laurie Colwin.

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ISBN 13	9781399614436
ISBN 10	1399614436
Title	The Lone Pilgrim
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	224
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