Another Marvelous Thing
Failed to add items
Sorry, we are unable to add the item because your shopping cart is already at capacity.
Add to basket failed.
Please try again later
Add to wishlist failed.
Please try again later
Remove from wishlist failed.
Please try again later
Adding to library failed
Please try again
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
3 Months Free + £10 Audible voucher
£5.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.
Offer ends on 5 July 2026 at 11:59 BST.
Another Marvelous Thing
Narrated by:
Jennifer Woodward, Matthew Hendrickson
Buy Now for £17.94
-
Narrated by:
-
Jennifer Woodward
-
Matthew Hendrickson
-
By:
-
Laurie Colwin
At a perfectly ordinary cocktail party, Francis is introduced to Billy and - although it slips right by him at the time - he falls in love with her at once.
Billy is a serious, often glum person. An economic historian, she is indifferent to a great many things (clothes, food, home décor), frowns easily and is frequently irritated.
Francis is older. He likes routine and a well-run household; he likes to pay for dinner, open car doors and call Billy at night to make sure she is safe.
Both are happily married - but not to each other.
So begins a whirlwind love affair, perfectly captured in this frank, funny irresistible novel, from its fabulous inception to its inevitable end.
A W&N Essential with an introduction by Caroline O'Donoghue©1986 Laurie Colwin
adbl_web_anon_alc_button_suppression_t1
Critic reviews
Laurie Colwin is such a wise, witty and simply enchanting novelist
These should be read one at a time, perhaps just before bed as a respite from an especially trying day
Virtually flawless . . . A tour de force
Whether or not their love goes on is unimportant. The joy is in the intimacy, the utter weirdness and intensity of their connection
An infallible recipe for happiness: read as much Laurie Colwin as you can
If anyone wrote eloquently and magnificently about affairs of the heart, it was Laurie Colwin
No reviews yet