A Big Storm Knocked It Over (21 page)

Perennial

Books by Laurie Colwin:

HOME COOKING

ISBN 0-06-095530-9 (paperback)

Delightful essays on the pleasures of discovering, cooking, and eating good, simple food.

“It is the one true kitchen friend.”—
The Washington Post Book World

MORE HOME COOKING

ISBN 0-06-092578-7 (paperback)

The triumphant sequel to
Home Cooking.

“Wonderfully human and a welcome companion.”—
Chicago Tribune

HAPPY ALL THE TIME

ISBN 0-06-097564-4 (paperback)

A delightful comedy of manners and morals about romantic friendship, romantic marriage, and romantic love.

“An elegant, fresh, funny tale of four people in love.”—
Village Voice

GOODBYE WITHOUT LEAVING

ISBN 0-06-097392-7 (paperback)

The story of a woman's attempt to remain true to herself in a world of diminishing returns.

“One of this year's funniest, most charming heroines.”—
Self

A BIG STORM KNOCKED IT OVER

ISBN 0-06-092546-9 (paperback)

An exploration of marriage and friendship, motherhood and careers, as experienced by a cast of delightfully idiosyncratic Manhattanites.

“This novel makes the idea of happy endings for decent people seem entirely plausible, almost inevitable.”—
The New York Times

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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
; thre 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.

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NOVELS

Shine On, Bright & Dangerous Object

Happy All the Time

Family Happiness

Goodbye Without Leaving

STORIES

Passion and Affect

The Lone Pilgrim

Another Marvelous Thing

ESSAYS

Home Cooking

More Home Cooking

A BIG STORM KNOCKED IT OVER
. Copyright © 1993 by The Estate of Laurie E. Colwin. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

First Harper Perennial edition published 1994.

Reissued in Perennial in 2000.

Reissued in Harper Perennial in 2014.

The Library of Congress has catalogued the hardcover edition as follows: Colwin, Laurie

               
A big storm knocked it over / Laurie Colwin—1st ed.

               
p.  cm.

               
ISBN 0-06-017019-0

               
EPub Edition June 2015 ISBN 9780062434906

               
1. Women—United States—Fiction. I. Title.

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1999

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ISBN 978-0-06-230823-8 (reissue)

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