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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307474402
ISBN-13
9780307474407
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1626447
Product Key Features
Book Title
Happy All the Time : a Novel
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Topic
Romance / Contemporary, Literary, Romance / General, Humorous / General
Genre
Fiction
Book Series
Vintage Contemporaries Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
6.6 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2010-514070
Reviews
"Laurie Colwin was the best kind of master: human and humorous, full of wisdom and love. When am I happy all the time? When I have a stack of Laurie Colwin books beside me." --Emma Straub, bestselling author of All Adults Here "Luminous . . . a book that lingers sweetly and hilariously in the memory." -- The Dallas Morning News "A wise, bighearted book by a wise, bighearted writer. A deft and funny one, too." -- The Washington Post "A comedy of manners that reminds us that manners are comic and should be enjoyed as such." -- The New York Times "Laurie Colwin's great subject was happiness--whether romantic, familial, domestic, or culinary--and she managed to write about it with both élan and emotional depth. . . . How wonderful it is that her books are still with us." -- The Christian Science Monitor, "Laurie Colwin was the best kind of master: human and humorous, full of wisdom and love. When am I happy all the time? When I have a stack of Laurie Colwin books beside me." --Emma Straub, bestselling author of All Adults Here "Luminous . . . a book that lingers sweetly and hilariously in the memory." -- The Dallas Morning News "A wise, bighearted book by a wise, bighearted writer. A deft and funny one, too." -- The Washington Post "Colwin is a bard of burgeoning adulthood." --Rachel Syme, The New Yorker "A comedy of manners that reminds us that manners are comic and should be enjoyed as such." -- The New York Times "Laurie Colwin's great subject was happiness--whether romantic, familial, domestic, or culinary--and she managed to write about it with both élan and emotional depth. . . . How wonderful it is that her books are still with us." -- The Christian Science Monitor, "A wise, bighearted book by a wise, bighearted writer. A deft and funny one, too." -The Washington Post "A luminous telling of two modern romances, a book that lingers sweetly and hilariously in the memory." -Dallas Morning News "Abounds in good lines, aphorisms, advice to both the loved and the lovelorn." -The New York Times "An elegant, fresh, funny tale of four people in love…. There's electricity here... pure delight." -Village Voice "A pleasure…. Endless surprises and ultimately boundless joy…. It would be difficult not to enjoy it all!" -The New Yorker "Colwin's view of the world is comic with a subtle sense of sadness, and her love for even her most intractable characters does not keep her from laughing at their expense." -The Times-Picayune(New Orleans) "[Laurie Colwin] handles feeling as cunningly as Ann Beattie and Frederick Barthelme handle numbness." -Los Angeles Times "If Laurie Colwin were an artist instead of a writer, she would be a maker of those small, delicious drawings dropped into the text ofThe New Yorker. . . . She is a master of lovely incidentals-the curve of the belly of a pitcher, the color of a blue Staffordshire plate, the comfort of 'nursery' food on cold days." -Christian Science Monitor "Colwin is ingenious, comedic, and spirited." -The Boston Globe "[Colwin's] novels . . . have great charm-a charm that comes from a calm, witty and observant world view and her engaging writing style. She describes normal life with normal peop≤ she writes about love, relationships and families. She illuminates modern urban romance. She looks at the way husbands and wives, brothers and sisters-and, almost inevitably in a Colwin novel, extramarital lovers-deal with each other. It might be boring if not for the acuteness of her insight." -Buffalo News "A truly wonderful writer." -The Orlando Sentinel "Colwin writes with such sunny skill, and such tireless enthusiasm." -Joyce Carol Oates,The New York Times Book Review "The successor to Dorothy Parker and Dawn Powell." -Roger Friedman "A writer of originality and vision." -San Francisco Chronicle, "A wise, bighearted book by a wise, bighearted writer. A deft and funny one, too." - The Washington Post "A luminous telling of two modern romances, a book that lingers sweetly and hilariously in the memory." - Dallas Morning News "Abounds in good lines, aphorisms, advice to both the loved and the lovelorn." - The New York Times "An elegant, fresh, funny tale of four people in love…. There's electricity here... pure delight." - Village Voice "A pleasure…. Endless surprises and ultimately boundless joy…. It would be difficult not to enjoy it all!" - The New Yorker "Colwin's view of the world is comic with a subtle sense of sadness, and her love for even her most intractable characters does not keep her from laughing at their expense." - The Times-Picayune (New Orleans) "[Laurie Colwin] handles feeling as cunningly as Ann Beattie and Frederick Barthelme handle numbness." - Los Angeles Times "If Laurie Colwin were an artist instead of a writer, she would be a maker of those small, delicious drawings dropped into the text of The New Yorker . . . . She is a master of lovely incidentals-the curve of the belly of a pitcher, the color of a blue Staffordshire plate, the comfort of 'nursery' food on cold days." - Christian Science Monitor "Colwin is ingenious, comedic, and spirited." - The Boston Globe "[Colwin's] novels . . . have great charm-a charm that comes from a calm, witty and observant world view and her engaging writing style. She describes normal life with normal peop≤ she writes about love, relationships and families. She illuminates modern urban romance. She looks at the way husbands and wives, brothers and sisters-and, almost inevitably in a Colwin novel, extramarital lovers-deal with each other. It might be boring if not for the acuteness of her insight." - Buffalo News "A truly wonderful writer." - The Orlando Sentinel "Colwin writes with such sunny skill, and such tireless enthusiasm." -Joyce Carol Oates, The New York Times Book Review "The successor to Dorothy Parker and Dawn Powell." -Roger Friedman "A writer of originality and vision." - San Francisco Chronicle, "Laurie Colwin was the best kind of master: human and humorous, full of wisdom and love. When am I happy all the time? When I have a stack of Laurie Colwin books beside me." --Emma Straub, bestselling author of All Adults Here "Luminous ... a book that lingers sweetly and hilariously in the memory." -- The Dallas Morning News "A wise, bighearted book by a wise, bighearted writer. A deft and funny one, too." -- The Washington Post "Colwin is a bard of burgeoning adulthood." -- The New Yorker "A comedy of manners that reminds us that manners are comic and should be enjoyed as such." -- The New York Times "Laurie Colwin's great subject was happiness--whether romantic, familial, domestic, or culinary--and she managed to write about it with both élan and emotional depth.... How wonderful it is that her books are still with us." -- The Christian Science Monitor
Synopsis
"A luminous telling of two modern romances, a book that lingers sweetly and hilariously in the memory." -- Dallas Morning News Guido and Vincent are childhood best friends--third cousins, really--living in Cambridge and dreaming about their futures. Guido plans to write poetry while Vincent feels confident he will win a Nobel prize for physics. When Guido spots Holly while exiting a museum, he can immediately sense that she will be quirky, difficult, and hard to live with. He loves her on sight. Vincent, open-minded and cheerful, meets Misty at work. Though she is a bored and misanthropic brunette, he finds himself desperate to know her. Through courtship, jealousy, estrangement, and other perils, Happy All the Time follows four sane, intelligent, and good-intentioned people who manage to find love in spite of themselves., A modern classic first published in 1978 that is as much a sophisticated romantic comedy about the love between two partners as it is a novel about the powerful bonds shared by family members, friends, colleagues and confidants. "A funny, loving, celebratory book in which everything is perfect." -- The Boston Globe Guido and Vincent, best friends (and third cousins), aren't expecting to fall head-over-heels in love, but that is exactly what happens. Guido is smitten with Holly, a dazzling young woman who chafes at the idea of complacency, while Vincent falls for Misty, a work colleague with an acerbic sense of humor who seems as uninterested in romance as she is in Vincent (at first). In the months that follow, both couples will experience the rituals of courtship, jealousy, estrangement, family entanglements, and other perils of the heart as they try to find love in spite of themselves. Colwin is a master of portraying the messiness of life: here, in hilarious and endearing prose, she follows these two improbable pairs, and their families, as they navigate and ultimately find happiness together--not all the time, but for most of it. With a foreword by Katherine Heiny, author of Early Morning Riser.
LC Classification Number
PS3553.O4783H3 2010
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- d***i (216)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchasePacked safely and securely - Shipping was slow (10 days from an hour and a half away!) but it was Free! I thought Price was especially reasonable! Book came in Exactly as Described and I can't wait to start reading it! I Recommend this Seller!Commodore: The Amiga Years by Bagnall, Brian [Hardcover] (#305372157502)
- e***j (92)- Feedback left by buyer.Past yearVerified purchaseA rocky start after I had to NUDGE the Seller into checking on my order after MORE than a week with NOTHING happening... But Seller communication was GOOD and the item showed up, well packaged, within the delivery window. Item was well priced, and they had a series that I STRUGGLED to find elsewhere, in NEW condition. I would recommend this seller if you can't find it elsewhere, that's the best I can give them.Chillin' in Another World with Level 2 Super Cheat Powers (Manga) Vol. 1 (#305350494827)