A Big Storm Knocked It over by Laurie Colwin (1993) 1ST

A BIG STORM KNOCKED IT OVER - A NOVEL BY LAURIE COLWIN (AUTHOR OF HAPPY ALL THE TIME AND GOODBYE WITHOUT LEAVING). STATED 1ST EDITION! PUBLISHED IN 1993 BY HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS. HARDCOVER - GRAY BOARDS, ROSE CLOTH BINDING, SILVER GILT ON SPINE, EMBOSSED FRONT COVER, 259 PAGES, WITH DUST JACKET. GENTLY USED - THIS TEXT IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH NO RIPS, TEARS, BENDS, MISSING PAGES OR MARKINGS AND THE BINDING IS INTACT! HARDCOVER AND DUST JACKET HAVE SOME WEAR AT CORNERS AND EDGES, BUT BEAR NO DAMAGES OR MARKINGS AND ARE BOTH IN GOOD CONDITION. THIS NOVEL WAS COMPLETED SHORTLY BEFORE LAURIE COLWIN'S DEATH IN OCTOBER OF 1992. THIS IS HER MOST DEEPLY FELT AND ENCHANTING EXPLORATION OF HOW MEN AND WOMEN STUBBORNLY STAKE THEIR CLAIMS TO LOVE - ROMANTIC, FAMILIAL, AND BETWEEN FRIENDS - IN A WORLD THAT OFTEN SEEMS TO DO ITS BEST TO THWART IT. RATHER LATE IN HER THIRTIES, JANE LOUISE PARKER HAS JUST GOTTEN MARRIED - TO A MAN WHOSE NATIVE DECENCY LEAVES HER ALMOST BREATHLESS AT HER GOOD FORTUNE. WITH HER BEST FRIEND, THE FLAMBOYANTLY TALENTED, INTERRACIALLY INVOLVED EDIE, JANE LOUISE PATIENTLY WAITS TO BECOME PREGNANT, WONDER ALL THE WHILE IF A BABY WILL SUPPLY THE ROOTEDNESS THAT STILL SEEMS TO ELUDE HER. WHEN THAT LONGED-FOR CHILD MAKES IT S APPEARANCE, IT BRINGS A TRANSFORMATION TO THE PARKER'S LIVES THAT IS UNEXPECTED AND RAPTUROUS. LAURIE COLWIN APPLIES HER CHARACTERISTIC WIT AND INTELLIGENCE TO THE DIZZYING EXPERIENCE OF MOTHERHOOD - AND TO THE MORE UNUSUAL FORMS OF FAMILIES WE MAKE FOR OURSELVES. A BIG STORM KNOCKED IT OVER REMINDS US AGAIN OF THE SINGULAR PLEASURES AFFORDED BY THE NOVEL OF MANNERS - AND THE RARE GIFTS THAT LAURIE COLWIN BROUGHT TO IT. WE OFFER DISCOUNTED COMBINED SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE AUCTION WINS - CHECK OUT OUR OTHER AUCTIONS AND SAVE!