‘Seriously wise, seriously wonderful, seriously comic – your life will be richer for it’ Katherine Heiny
Guido and Vicent – third cousins and best friends – spend their time lolling around and wondering who they will marry.
Then, one wet Sunday afternoon in a museum, Gudio meets Holly. Precise about everything, Holly knows what she likes: pressed sheets, tea on a tray – and now, Guido.
Soon after, Vincent falls for his misanthropic new colleague, Misty. She seems completely uninterested in love, until she agrees to go to dinner with Vincent.
This exquisitely well-written and much-beloved novel follows the two couples through courtship, arguments, wedding plans and other perils, as they find a way to be happy (almost) all the time.
A W&N Essential with an introduction from Katherine Heiny
Guido and Vicent – third cousins and best friends – spend their time lolling around and wondering who they will marry.
Then, one wet Sunday afternoon in a museum, Gudio meets Holly. Precise about everything, Holly knows what she likes: pressed sheets, tea on a tray – and now, Guido.
Soon after, Vincent falls for his misanthropic new colleague, Misty. She seems completely uninterested in love, until she agrees to go to dinner with Vincent.
This exquisitely well-written and much-beloved novel follows the two couples through courtship, arguments, wedding plans and other perils, as they find a way to be happy (almost) all the time.
A W&N Essential with an introduction from Katherine Heiny
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Reviews
The cleverly curated new W&N Essentials range launches with Happy All The Time by Laurie Colwin. This sparkling and witty romantic comedy of manners... is like literary serotonin.
A jewel of romantic comedy
Rare and charming ... refreshingly soothing
Shimmering ... funny... it made everything in my life seem a whole lot better
A pleasure ... endless surprises and ultimately boundless joy ... It would be difficult not to enjoy it all
Delicious with much wit ... author and reader have the greatest fun
Colwin's canny Manhattan pastorale strikes me as at least as much fun to read as Sense and Sensibility
A funny, loving, celebratory book ... in which everything is perfect
Merry and bright and tender ... written in exquisitely balanced sentences that taste just right. Comparison with Jane Austen is not out of order
An elegant, fresh, funny tale of four people in love ... There's electricity here ... Pure delight
Uplifting, funny, generous and perspicacious (especially about love), Happy all the Time is one of the most comforting, clever novels I know.
Amazing! Impossible to put down ... sharply funny, altogether unusual. I recommend it highly
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
it abounds in good lines, aphorisms, advice to both the loved and the lovelorn
